2022 Art of Debating Summer Camp

Debate to your heart’s content!

Instructors

The debating camp will include 7 highly accomplished instructors: Rajas Nanda, Jonathan Zhao, Rajan Allenby, Zihan Tian, Sean Tan, Alexander McCallum, and Sebastian DeLorenzo
  
Instructors are all competitive debaters in the UK British Parliamentary Circuit with years of experience and have had a great deal of success in multiple national and international tournaments

Participants

Art of Debating Summer Program 2022

Lectures

The debating camp contained 7 lectures which have been collated into a YouTube playlist

Timeline

The timeline of the one week debating summer program

21 July 2022
Day 1

There will be an introductory session with ice-breakers and informal debate discussions.

22 July 2022
Day 2

There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on debating fundamentals and British Parliamentary format. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.

23 July 2022
Day 3

There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on argument construction and rebuttal. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.

24 July 2022
Day 4

There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on prep-time strategies and content generation. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.

25 July 2022
Day 5

There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on the fundamentals of principled arguments. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.

26 July 2022
Day 6

There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on strategy and weighing. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.

27 July 2022
Day 7

There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on debating social movements. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.

28 July 2022
Day 8

There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on debating religion. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.