Edwin Bezzina

Dr. Edwin Bezzina is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Social Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Grenfell Campus), specializing in Early Modern European history.

• BA from Queen's University, MA and PhD from University of Toronto

His research focuses on Protestant-Catholic relations during the French Wars of Religion, including:

• Interconfessional dynamics in provincial towns like Loudun
• French Protestant refugee communities in Amsterdam
• Confraternities and religious guilds
• Application of ArcGIS for historical urban mapping
• Digital humanities through database construction

Recent publications analyze ecclesiastical discipline in Amsterdam's Huguenot churches and spatial analysis of religious coexistence in Loudun. He also serves as editor of Confraternitas, a journal examining medieval and early modern confraternities.

Awards:

• Grenfell Campus Student Union Teaching and Learning Award

Dr. Bezzina is chair of the Grenfell Campus Teaching Committee and actively presents research at scholarly conferences.