On December 16,2021 seminar on “Enlightenment and Sheki literary environment” of head laboratory assistant Manafova Reyhan Migdad was held at Sheki History-Ethnography Museum. At the seminar lectures were told on the literary trend of enlightenment, enlightenment issues in Azerbaijan, as well as in the literary environment of Sheki. Extensive information was given about the life and work of a prominent Azerbaijani educator, pedagogue, ethnographer - Rashid bey Efendiyev, a representative of Sheki Literary School. After answering the questions presented to the speaker by the participants of the seminar, a discussion on the topic was organized.