2023 Art of Debating Summer Camp

Debate to your heart’s content!

Instructors

The debating camp will include 11 highly accomplished instructors: Rajas Nanda, Hasit Nanda, Alexander McCallum, Tobi Bamisaye, Zain Carrimjee, Philip Khmelnitskiy, Sebastian DeLorenzo, Daniel Nellen, Andrew Miller, Andrew Zhang, and Rajiv Pather
 
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 2023

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

13 August 2023
Day 1

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

14 August 2023
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.

15 August 2023
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.

16 August 2023
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.

17 August 2023
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.

18 August 2023
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.

19 August 2023
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.

20 August 2023
Day 8

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