The Ninth International Scientific and Practical Conference for students, post-graduate students and specialists in the field of psychology “Youth in Modern Psychology.

Ethnic Identity and Interethnic Interaction” and the Second International Youth Forum “Culture and Traditions in the Modern World” took place at the Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko on April 12. In this event, which has already become traditional, teachers and students of the Sumy State Pedagogical University and Sumy State University, employees of the SSU’s Preparatory Department took part. The conference was insightful and interesting; it was held in a very warm and friendly atmosphere.

After the plenary session, the students were engaged in various master classes; each participant could choose for himself an interesting topic. So, for example, foreign students of the first year of Medical Institute of SSU decided to try their hand at puppet therapy and made by their own hands the Ukrainian “doll-shaped bell”.

The material was prepared by Natalia О. Vorona.