On May 10, a dissertation discussion was held on the topic "Ideological-literary images in the works of Edgar Allan Poe and methods of re-creating them in translation" written by Takhmina Akramova, a researcher of the International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage "Silk Road" to receive a scientific degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the specialty of 10.00.06 - "Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, and Translation Studies".