Professor Martin C. Putna is known not only to professionals but also to the general public for being "irreverent to authority, torn by emotions, full of energy, but also an erudite researcher who provokes thought", as the headline of one newspaper article put it. We are glad that on February 19, 2025 he accepted the invitation and thus completely filled our still small space of the Little Mehrin not only with his speeches, but above all with the audience, which was far from enough for the number of chairs, and so voluntarily remained standing...