On May 28-29, the Laboratory of Historical, Social, and Cultural Anthropology (LISKA) held the "Spatial-Magical Aspects of Culture" (SMAC) seminar in Saratov, with the support of the Saratov Ministry of Social and Cultural Affairs, as well as the Faculty of History and the Faculty of Philology and Journalism of Saratov State University. "The Fifth Pyrrhic Readings" were held in Saratov.