It may have been a chilly, quiet winter night in the middle of December, but the atmosphere in building six was anything bu t that. The halls were filled with the echoes of chatter and laughter of a continuous stream of students, the air filled with the aromatic fragrances of traditional german meals and traditional German music was playing on Loudspeaker. The warm and welcoming atmosphere coupled with the activity could only mean one thing: It was a PLUM Night. Specifically German PLUM Night.

Plum Nights is a weekly event taking place on the Dessau Campus every Sunday evening. It is an alternative, cultural event with the aim to promote cultural diversity and encourage interaction between international and German students. Organised by volunteer students from the DIA in collaboration with AG Kultur, the evening takes shape of an informal gathering where food is shared and movies discussed. These are the highlights of the evening. Every week Plum Nights focuses on a particular country from which interested students; together with Plum select a movie to be screened and prepare a simple menu of traditional food to be served during the night. The selected movies deal with politics, war, discrimination, history, youth, love, sexuality and a myriad of other topics, which help to portray current or past situations in different cultures and countries.