The hidden connection between Kant and scholasticism

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In the academic year 2022 I had the opportunity of spending a substantial amount of time at German and US universities. In July 2022 I was invited by Prof. Eric Watkins of the University of California at San Diego, who is also a fellow of the Gutenberg Kolleg at Mainz University in Germany, to join him in Germany for commenting on some of each other's manuscripts. This occurred on a different scheme and turned out to be a very intense and highly fruitful meeting: one manuscript is now almost ready for publication, while another one will become a key part of a new book project.From October to November 2022 I was a visiting fellow at the Princeton Project in Philosophy and Religion at Princeton University, hosted by Professor Andrew Chignell and funded by this kaken project. At Princeton, I was invited to give several lectures, all of which were on topics directly connected to the Kaken project.In February 2023 I was invited by Prof. Watkins again, this time to California and also funded by this kaken project, where I had the good fortune to be able to meet regularly with Prof Karl Ameriks, one of the leading Kant scholars of our time. At a lecture I gave at the so-called History of Philosophy Roundtable, I had the opportunity to present my views on Kant's doctrine of things in themselves and its background in philosophical theology.Finally, on 24 February 2023 I was awarded a prize by the North American Kant Society and delivered a lecture in Denver, entitled: "Free Will, Foreknowledge, and Creation: Further Explorations of Kant's Molinism".