The College of Arts holds a scientific symposium entitled “The Generation Gap and Decoding Generations.”

Under the patronage of the President of Diyala University, Professor Dr. Tahseen Hussein Mubarak, and under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Professor Dr. Alaa Shaker Mahmoud, and within the curriculum and activities of the College of Fine Arts’ guidance week, the College of Fine Arts held a scientific symposium entitled “The Generation Gap and Decoding Generations” in the College of Fine Arts, College Theater Hall, today, Sunday, 11/24/2024, in the presence of a well-known educational figure in the Arab world, Iraq, and Diyala Governorate in particular, Professor Dr. Abdul Halim Al-Madani, professors, employees, and students of the College of Fine Arts. The symposium, in which Professor Dr. Alaa Shaker Mahmoud, Dean of the College, lectured, included several objectives and axes, the most important of which were: The generation gap is defined as a difference in opinions between one generation and another regarding values, ideas, customs, way of life and traditions. Generations were divided into several categories, including the silent generation, which is the generation of theorists and philosophers, followed by a generation after World War II known as the baby boomer generation, who were distinguished by their calmness and relied in their lives on basic customs and traditions. This generation was followed by what is known as Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z, and then Generation Alpha Aα. During the symposium, a ceremony was held to present Professor Dr. Abdel Halim Al-Madani, Dean of the College, with a valuable book of his writings entitled Papers in Education. For his part, Mr. Abdul Halim Al-Madani mentioned during a speech he gave during the symposium and the ceremony honoring the top and distinguished students with certificates of appreciation, a saying of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) who said (Do not create your children with the same morals as you because they were created for a time other than your time), which is related to generations and their renewed ideas. For his part, the Dean of the College thanked the dear guest in the hearts of the people of the governorate for his speech and his participation with our college on the first day of the guidance week and for gifting our college library a copy of Writing Values ​​Papers in Education and Teaching.