January 25, 2019 in the Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi, the department of history, archeology and ethnology held a republican scientific-practical conference on the theme “National historical consciousness and modernization of society in the XXI century”, dedicated to the implementation of national program articles by Elbasy N.Nazarbayev "Course towards the future: modernization of Kazakhstan’s identity" and "Seven facets of the Great Steppe" The conference was attended by leading historians, archeologists, philologists, orientalists, such as Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Komekov Bolat Eshmukhamedovich, Director of the Institute of Linguistics A. Baitursynov, Doctor of Philology, Professor Kazhybek Erden Zaduli, Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, Director of the Republican Center for the Study of Traditional Civilizations of Central Asia at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of History, Professor Omarbekov Talas Omarbekovich, Director of the Scientific Research Center Turan-Iran, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Cemeneh Islam, Director of the Institute history and archeology behalf of Sh.Sh. Uulikhanov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Kabuldinov Ziyabek Ermukhanovich, Professor of the Department of World History, Historiography and Source Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Honorary Professor of the Göttingen University Zhumagülov Kalkaman Tursynovich, Head of the Department of History of Kazakhstan Al-Farabi, Corresponding Member NAN RK, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Karibayev Bereket Bakytzhanovich, Professor of the Department of Archeology, Ethnology and Museology Kazakh National University. Al-Farabi, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Toleubaev Abdesh Tashkenovich.During the conference, key issues related to the assessment of the role and place of Kazakhstan in world history, and ways to form a national historical consciousness and modernization of society in the 21st century were discussed.