On 17 October the next scientific-theoretical seminar was held at the "English language and literature" department. At the seminar, assistant professor of the department, Baydjanova Iroda Abdullayevna, gave a lecture on the topic "Cognitive-discursive features of the realization of the concept of humor". The lecture discussed the concept of humor and its cognitive foundations. The seminar provided useful information and aroused great interest among the participants.