Historical Crisis (Advanced)
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What Is It?Crisis is a very different style of committee to the traditional bodies represented in Model United Nations. Delegates take on the role of a person in a smaller committee, usually between 5 and 20 people. They have a far less formal structure and are presided over by a single chair. Rather than working towards a Resolution, Crisis encourages delegates to respond to directives given to them from the Crisis Directors. This level of participation makes a highly dynamic committee where every person's actions affect the final outcome of the simulation and challenges are both frequent and difficult to overcome.
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About the Crisis!
The Spanish-American War of 1898
For centuries, Spain had boasted an empire on which the sun never set - being
amongst the first to spread Christianity and civilisation across the globe.
However, with the empire breaking up, that time is long gone. Spain ever so weakened, the peoples of Cuba and the Philippines clamour for the right to determine their own fate. Meanwhile, a new power seizes the chance to challenge Spain's declining might - the United States of America.
Who will emerge victorious in this clash of powers? Will Spain or America be able to win the war of hearts and minds in Cuba and the Philippines?
Stay tuned as things are heating up before they truly explode in the Spanish-American War!
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The Crisis Team
Directors Contact: historical-crisis-director@readimun.org
Spanish Cabinet Chair: spanish-cabinet@readimun.org
American Cabinet Chair: historical-american-cabinet@readimun.org
Spanish Cabinet Chair: spanish-cabinet@readimun.org
American Cabinet Chair: historical-american-cabinet@readimun.org
Crisis Directors:
Crisis Director: |
Crisis Deputy Director: |
Kiwan Richard |
Carlos Torrado Ortega |
Kiwan began to dabble with MUN back when he was in college; as an enriching respite from the textbook rigour of A-Levels. He was so enthusiastic that he started his own MUN club in his college, as the MUN scene exploded in his native Malaysia. Kiwan has participated in eleven conferences previously, chairing in two of them and being part of the backroom staff in another two - but this will be his debut as Crisis Director! Having cut his teeth in a crisis committee, Kiwan believes that once a delegate experiences a crisis committee, chances are that they will never turn back! He looks forward to cooking up plots that would hopefully test delegates’ skills to their breaking point. When he is not prowling about the MUN circuit, Kiwan is a second-year student reading Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol. In his free time, he reads Tolkien and listens to Debussy whilst enjoying the quintessential English weather - complete with rain, wind and clouds! |
Carlos is a second year Politics and Economics student at the University of Nottingham. He is VP of the UN Society at his university and Deputy Secretary General of NottsMUN 2017. Born and raised in Spain, he discovered MUN while doing an exchange year in the USA during his last year of High School. Since then, he has attended 8 conferences. This will be his first time as a crisis director and he is looking forward to simulate the war that put to an end his country’s Empire. |
The Chair
Callum Peat– Chair
Callum started MUN in his first year at the University of Reading, and found himself drawn to the unique way in which it functioned and operated. Three years later, he is the Social and Welfare Secretary for RUMUN and is eager to dive headfirst into conferences and all events surrounding the MUN society. He has a fairly limited experience in regards to conferences, but has nonetheless taken to them like a duck to water, is rapidly gaining an understanding of how they work and how to best achieve whatever goal he is presented to him
The Backroom
Mark Luscombe– Backroom
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Sharif Kazemi– Backroom
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Serhan Wade– Backroom
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Sasha Alexandra Sternik- Backroom
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