Dr. Jakob Burnham
@jakobburnham.bsky.social
Clinical Assistant Prof of History @ UNT. France and the Early Modern World, Indian Ocean Colonialism, Notaries, and Urban Social History.
Often professional, sometimes a silly goose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Often professional, sometimes a silly goose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Truly the most amazing pieces of French material culture I have ever seen/possessed.
Not only are they about being a notary, which speaks volumes about French legal culture, but more specifically what child doesn’t need to know how to buy a house, write a will, or establish a corporate entity!
Not only are they about being a notary, which speaks volumes about French legal culture, but more specifically what child doesn’t need to know how to buy a house, write a will, or establish a corporate entity!
Look out, y’all: I’m actually “researching” today instead of instruction or service work 🥰 might even mess around a writing something!
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Look out, y’all: I’m actually “researching” today instead of instruction or service work 🥰 might even mess around a writing something!
Reposted by Dr. Jakob Burnham
We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
I don’t know what is worse: the high today being 84° or that it’s ONLY 6:45pm.
It’s mid November, and it’s been dark for 195 hours already.
It’s all malarkey!
It’s mid November, and it’s been dark for 195 hours already.
It’s all malarkey!
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I don’t know what is worse: the high today being 84° or that it’s ONLY 6:45pm.
It’s mid November, and it’s been dark for 195 hours already.
It’s all malarkey!
It’s mid November, and it’s been dark for 195 hours already.
It’s all malarkey!
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Publication!! Parution!!
The newest edition of French Colonial History (vol 23-24) is now available!
La dernière édition de French Colonial History (vol. 23-24) est maintenant disponible !
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55916?...
The newest edition of French Colonial History (vol 23-24) is now available!
La dernière édition de French Colonial History (vol. 23-24) est maintenant disponible !
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55916?...
Project MUSE - French Colonial History-Volume 23-24, 2025
muse.jhu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Publication!! Parution!!
The newest edition of French Colonial History (vol 23-24) is now available!
La dernière édition de French Colonial History (vol. 23-24) est maintenant disponible !
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55916?...
The newest edition of French Colonial History (vol 23-24) is now available!
La dernière édition de French Colonial History (vol. 23-24) est maintenant disponible !
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55916?...
The AI bubble cannot burst soon enough.
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The AI bubble cannot burst soon enough.
If I get one more email asking me to donate to the university where I work, I’ll scream.
Don’t “brag” about paying us “almost 90% of the national salary average,” then ask for some of it back.
Go hound the worthless senior faculty member who does nothing and yet somehow makes 4x what I do.
Don’t “brag” about paying us “almost 90% of the national salary average,” then ask for some of it back.
Go hound the worthless senior faculty member who does nothing and yet somehow makes 4x what I do.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If I get one more email asking me to donate to the university where I work, I’ll scream.
Don’t “brag” about paying us “almost 90% of the national salary average,” then ask for some of it back.
Go hound the worthless senior faculty member who does nothing and yet somehow makes 4x what I do.
Don’t “brag” about paying us “almost 90% of the national salary average,” then ask for some of it back.
Go hound the worthless senior faculty member who does nothing and yet somehow makes 4x what I do.
Reposted by Dr. Jakob Burnham
Gerrymandered Texas congressional district maps struck down, judge tells Texas schools to remove 10 Commandments displays... is ... is woke back? Yee fucking haw. 🤠
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Gerrymandered Texas congressional district maps struck down, judge tells Texas schools to remove 10 Commandments displays... is ... is woke back? Yee fucking haw. 🤠
The fact that he is allowed to remain in the classroom/teaching is just a point of how little higher education values/supports education in the classroom compared to the industrio-capitalist machine of the “Institution”
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations
Emails revealed that Summers sought advice from Epstein on romantically pursuing a woman he referred to as his mentee.
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The fact that he is allowed to remain in the classroom/teaching is just a point of how little higher education values/supports education in the classroom compared to the industrio-capitalist machine of the “Institution”
Wow. A surprise medical bill and passive-agressive messages from multiple family members.
32 is starting out super great, yall!
32 is starting out super great, yall!
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Wow. A surprise medical bill and passive-agressive messages from multiple family members.
32 is starting out super great, yall!
32 is starting out super great, yall!
Happy birthday to me!
Send money for Champagne and to help me pay my speeding ticket 🤪 venmo.com/u/JakobBurnham
Send money for Champagne and to help me pay my speeding ticket 🤪 venmo.com/u/JakobBurnham
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy birthday to me!
Send money for Champagne and to help me pay my speeding ticket 🤪 venmo.com/u/JakobBurnham
Send money for Champagne and to help me pay my speeding ticket 🤪 venmo.com/u/JakobBurnham
Me, so glad I can rest and not work this weekend
Also me, taking 6-hour only driving course to get my speeding ticket dismissed 😑
Also me, taking 6-hour only driving course to get my speeding ticket dismissed 😑
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Me, so glad I can rest and not work this weekend
Also me, taking 6-hour only driving course to get my speeding ticket dismissed 😑
Also me, taking 6-hour only driving course to get my speeding ticket dismissed 😑
Whoever invented “email” better watch their back… Hills and Bill both got beef with them now!
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Whoever invented “email” better watch their back… Hills and Bill both got beef with them now!
Reposted by Dr. Jakob Burnham
♏️ You love control, Scorpio, but today's asking you to loosen your grip and let someone else take the wheel, even if they drive slower than you'd prefer. The real lesson here is that leadership isn't about perfection, it's about trust.
Scorpio Daily Horoscope
November 15, 2025
www.astrolis.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
♏️ You love control, Scorpio, but today's asking you to loosen your grip and let someone else take the wheel, even if they drive slower than you'd prefer. The real lesson here is that leadership isn't about perfection, it's about trust.
Sad to report that once again, despite majorly overextending myself with commitments, everything is going to get done.
I will continue to learn nothing from this experience.
I will continue to learn nothing from this experience.
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Sad to report that once again, despite majorly overextending myself with commitments, everything is going to get done.
I will continue to learn nothing from this experience.
I will continue to learn nothing from this experience.
Not the point, but those emails are generally so poorly written that I can barely comprehend them.
And as we all know, I’m the King of the Typo, so that’s saying something.
And as we all know, I’m the King of the Typo, so that’s saying something.
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Not the point, but those emails are generally so poorly written that I can barely comprehend them.
And as we all know, I’m the King of the Typo, so that’s saying something.
And as we all know, I’m the King of the Typo, so that’s saying something.
Reposted by Dr. Jakob Burnham
Deadline Extended!!
You can submit through 1 December 2025
You can submit through 1 December 2025
Share widely!
We are now accepting paper and panel proposals for our 2026 Annual Conference in Ireland at Maynooth University taking place 25-27 June 2026!
The submission deadline is 14 November 2025, and you can read more information on our website!
frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...
We are now accepting paper and panel proposals for our 2026 Annual Conference in Ireland at Maynooth University taking place 25-27 June 2026!
The submission deadline is 14 November 2025, and you can read more information on our website!
frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...
Annual Meeting – French Colonial Historical Society
frenchcolonial.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Deadline Extended!!
You can submit through 1 December 2025
You can submit through 1 December 2025
Apparently “sorry, officier, the black-cat goalie was about to say I love you for the first time to his golden retriever hockey coach” is *not* a legitimate excuse for not paying close enough attention to my speed…
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Apparently “sorry, officier, the black-cat goalie was about to say I love you for the first time to his golden retriever hockey coach” is *not* a legitimate excuse for not paying close enough attention to my speed…
Undoubtedly, this new system will be something to be thankful for!
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Undoubtedly, this new system will be something to be thankful for!
It’s 57° in Dallas and I’ve seen like 6 people in winter coats 🏂🧤❄️
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s 57° in Dallas and I’ve seen like 6 people in winter coats 🏂🧤❄️
Being an adult in America means endless fighting with your insurance company.
It’s every freaking month with some inane, unexpected change or billing irregularities.
I don’t get to choose where my PCP sends my labs, like why was the cost $3 in Sept and then $203 in October?!!?
It’s every freaking month with some inane, unexpected change or billing irregularities.
I don’t get to choose where my PCP sends my labs, like why was the cost $3 in Sept and then $203 in October?!!?
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Being an adult in America means endless fighting with your insurance company.
It’s every freaking month with some inane, unexpected change or billing irregularities.
I don’t get to choose where my PCP sends my labs, like why was the cost $3 in Sept and then $203 in October?!!?
It’s every freaking month with some inane, unexpected change or billing irregularities.
I don’t get to choose where my PCP sends my labs, like why was the cost $3 in Sept and then $203 in October?!!?
6:23am: I’ve already finished a quint-shot latte and 12oz of drip coffee.
Please tap the glass when I inevitably feel like a panicky void of twisted goo this afternoon.
Please tap the glass when I inevitably feel like a panicky void of twisted goo this afternoon.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
6:23am: I’ve already finished a quint-shot latte and 12oz of drip coffee.
Please tap the glass when I inevitably feel like a panicky void of twisted goo this afternoon.
Please tap the glass when I inevitably feel like a panicky void of twisted goo this afternoon.
God. The burnout hit HARD today. 🫠
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
God. The burnout hit HARD today. 🫠
Learned two things today at my annual physical:
1) I’ve lost 26lbs this year;
2) I have the highest testosterone level my clinician has ever seen without a medical issue or artificial intervention (i.e HRT or steroids)
(Number 2 is particularly funny for anyone who knows me)
1) I’ve lost 26lbs this year;
2) I have the highest testosterone level my clinician has ever seen without a medical issue or artificial intervention (i.e HRT or steroids)
(Number 2 is particularly funny for anyone who knows me)
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Learned two things today at my annual physical:
1) I’ve lost 26lbs this year;
2) I have the highest testosterone level my clinician has ever seen without a medical issue or artificial intervention (i.e HRT or steroids)
(Number 2 is particularly funny for anyone who knows me)
1) I’ve lost 26lbs this year;
2) I have the highest testosterone level my clinician has ever seen without a medical issue or artificial intervention (i.e HRT or steroids)
(Number 2 is particularly funny for anyone who knows me)
Reposted by Dr. Jakob Burnham
Did Women Ruin the Workplace
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Did Women Ruin the Workplace