Andrew Drenas

Expertise

The Reformation, History of Christianity, and World Civilization

Ph D: History, (2015), University of Oxford, St Edmund Hall - Oxford, United Kingdom
Dissertation/Thesis Title: The standard-bearer of the Roman Church : Lorenzo da Brindisi (1559-1619) and Capuchin missions in the Holy Roman Empire
MA: Church History, (2007), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary - South Hamilton, Massachusetts
BA: History, (2005), University of Massachusetts Lowell
Supporting Area: Art History (minor)

Award for Excellence in Teaching (2014), Teaching - Division of Online and Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Erasmus Exchange Student (2011) - University of Padua, Italy, during my doctoral program at Oxford
Certificate of Excellence in History (2005) - University of Massachusetts Lowell
National Academic Honor Society for Freshmen (Alpha Lambda Delta) (2002)

Drenas, A. (2022) “‘Holy Handkerchiefs!’: A Study of St. Lawrence of Brindisi’s Eucharistic Spirituality and Mass Handkerchiefs,” Archive for Reformation History 113 (2022): 265-290
Drenas, A. (2018) Anna Welch, Liturgy, Books and Franciscan Identity in Medieval Umbria (Boston: Brill, 2016), Renaissance Quarterly 71, no. 1:347-48
Drenas, A. (2018). The Standard-bearer of the Roman Church: Lawrence of Brindisi and Capuchin Missions in the Holy Roman Empire (1599-1613). Catholic University of America Press
Drenas, A. (2017). A ‘Spiritual War of Words’: Lorenzo da Brindisi (1559-1619) and Capuchin Polemical Preaching in Early Modern Prague. The Catholic Historical Review,103(1) 50-72.
Drenas, A. (2017). Review of "A Companion to Colette of Corbie" (70:3). Renaissance Quarterly
Drenas, A. (2017). Review of "Il riformatore dimenticato: Egidio Foscarari tra Inquisizione, concilio e governo pastorale (1512-1564)". H-Italy
Drenas, A. (2017). Review of "L’eresia di un umanista: Celio Secondo Curione nell’Europa del Cinquecento" . H-Italy
Drenas, A. (2015). Lorenzo da Brindisi’s Commentariolum de rebus Austriae et Bohemiae: An Introduction to, and Translation of, the Document in English. Collectanea franciscana, (fasc. 3-4) 595-629.
Drenas, A. (2015). Review of "A Companion to John of Ruusbroec" (46:1 pp. 148-150). The Sixteenth Century Journal

Fratelli, ostinati’: Lorenzo da Brindisi (1559-1619) and Early Modern Capuchin Outreach to Jews, April 2017 - Chicago
‘Spiritual Reinforcements’: Lorenzo da Brindisi (1559-1619) and Capuchin Expansion in Early Modern Bohemia, March 2016
The Lutheranismi hypotyposis: Lorenzo da Brindisi (1559-1619) and Capuchin Polemics in Early Modern Bohemia - Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, October 2014 - New Orleans
Delayed Sanctity: The Prolonged Beatification Process of Lorenzo da Brindisi (1559-1619), March 2014 - New York City
A ‘Spiritual War of Words’: The Preaching and Theological Disputation of Lorenzo da Brindisi (1559-1619) in Early Modern Prague - Renaissance Society of America, April 2013 - San Diego
Lorenzo da Brindisi and the Commentariolum: A Capuchin’s Reflections on Missions in the Holy Roman Empire - “Religious Lives Conference,” , May 2012

2012 Colin Matthew Fund (£500), University of Oxford
Granted through St. Hugh's College for travel expenses for a research trip to Italy and Vatican City (September and October 2012)
Isaiah Berlin Fund Bursary (£600), University of Oxford
Granted for travel expenses for research trip to Italy and Vatican City (September and October 2012)
2004-2005 Alumni Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Granted based on strong academic standing
2003-2005 Hoff Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Granted based on satisfactory standing (GPA, motivation, etc.)
2003-2005 O’Leary Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Granted by History Department based on strong academic performance (GPA, faculty observation, etc.)