Portrait of historian Dr. Drew Thomas

Historian &
Digital Humanist

Using AI and Computer Vision to Investigate Early Modern Visual Communication

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The Industry of Evangelism Out Now from Brill History

Discover how printers in Wittenberg conquered the German print industry and spread Luther’s message across the Empire.

Cover of The Industry of Evangelism: Printing for the Reformation in Martin Luther's Wittenberg by Drew B. Thomas

Current Research

Visualizing Faith: Print, Piety & Propaganda

My newest project uses AI and Machine Learning to investigate visual communication during the Protestant Reformation.

Online Exhibition: Reformation Counterfeits at Emory University

Learn how 16th century printers counterfeited the works of Martin Luther in an exhibition I guest curated for the Pitts Theology Library — the largest collection of Luther’s works in North America.

Woodcut portrait of Martin Luther