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)_/¯
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!
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
Tomorrow—having finishing our units on NarrativeMed, HistMed, and HealthReligion&Bioethics—my Intro to Medical Humanities class is beginning our 4th unit…
Really excited to bring in a full RTTPG to tie all the learning together with some practice engagement.
Really excited to bring in a full RTTPG to tie all the learning together with some practice engagement.
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Tomorrow—having finishing our units on NarrativeMed, HistMed, and HealthReligion&Bioethics—my Intro to Medical Humanities class is beginning our 4th unit…
Really excited to bring in a full RTTPG to tie all the learning together with some practice engagement.
Really excited to bring in a full RTTPG to tie all the learning together with some practice engagement.
Oh no! Quelle horreur! Whatever shall I do now that I can’t grade or course prep…
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Oh no! Quelle horreur! Whatever shall I do now that I can’t grade or course prep…
Wow, Co-Star really giving me the motivation to finish what I can with these article revisions today!
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wow, Co-Star really giving me the motivation to finish what I can with these article revisions today!
Academia: “here’s a job in one of the most expensive cities in the country. We will give you $67.00 annually.”
September 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Academia: “here’s a job in one of the most expensive cities in the country. We will give you $67.00 annually.”
A (assumedly) brief, pre-semester lull…
August 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A (assumedly) brief, pre-semester lull…
We are also at the point where I buy a new water bottle and planner thinking it will fix all my problems and make me an entirely different person.
August 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We are also at the point where I buy a new water bottle and planner thinking it will fix all my problems and make me an entirely different person.
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!
August 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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!
Thank you, Word-A-Day.
August 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thank you, Word-A-Day.
Gag. Eyeroll. Annoyed face. Exasperated sign.
July 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gag. Eyeroll. Annoyed face. Exasperated sign.
Doing a little course prep this morning #MedicalHumanities
July 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Doing a little course prep this morning #MedicalHumanities
I got myself some cheesecake in an attempt to feel a moments peace. Now I’m gonna drink a big glass of water and go to bed.
July 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I got myself some cheesecake in an attempt to feel a moments peace. Now I’m gonna drink a big glass of water and go to bed.
LITERALLY “there is nothing new about this study, nor can we even confirm the veracity.”
Did a group of consultants just stand around looking at each other asking “how can we get more men to want to take this medicine so we can sell more and perpetuate pharma-capitalism?!”
Did a group of consultants just stand around looking at each other asking “how can we get more men to want to take this medicine so we can sell more and perpetuate pharma-capitalism?!”
July 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
LITERALLY “there is nothing new about this study, nor can we even confirm the veracity.”
Did a group of consultants just stand around looking at each other asking “how can we get more men to want to take this medicine so we can sell more and perpetuate pharma-capitalism?!”
Did a group of consultants just stand around looking at each other asking “how can we get more men to want to take this medicine so we can sell more and perpetuate pharma-capitalism?!”
And now I’m making a homemade stock :)
July 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And now I’m making a homemade stock :)
The Moors are with me today on a North Atlantic Beach courtesy of “Wuthering Heights”
June 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Moors are with me today on a North Atlantic Beach courtesy of “Wuthering Heights”
I’m going to be absolutely feral* on a beach in Maine this day. Don’t call. Don’t text.
*laying in a chair, slathered in oil, listening to an audiobook with a cooler of canned cocktails.
*laying in a chair, slathered in oil, listening to an audiobook with a cooler of canned cocktails.
June 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’m going to be absolutely feral* on a beach in Maine this day. Don’t call. Don’t text.
*laying in a chair, slathered in oil, listening to an audiobook with a cooler of canned cocktails.
*laying in a chair, slathered in oil, listening to an audiobook with a cooler of canned cocktails.
Another re-read for the umpteenth for this weekend :) so not always work reads, but field defining nonetheless!!
Flowers in the Attic” by V.C. Andrews.
Flowers in the Attic” by V.C. Andrews.
May 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Another re-read for the umpteenth for this weekend :) so not always work reads, but field defining nonetheless!!
Flowers in the Attic” by V.C. Andrews.
Flowers in the Attic” by V.C. Andrews.
A maritime themed reread for a maritime adventure!
@wadehistory.bsky.social ‘s fantastic “Privilege, Economy, and the State in Old Regime France”
@wadehistory.bsky.social ‘s fantastic “Privilege, Economy, and the State in Old Regime France”
May 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A maritime themed reread for a maritime adventure!
@wadehistory.bsky.social ‘s fantastic “Privilege, Economy, and the State in Old Regime France”
@wadehistory.bsky.social ‘s fantastic “Privilege, Economy, and the State in Old Regime France”
The summertime thread no one asked for:
“What book is Jakob reading while tanning near some body of water?!?”
_Companies, Commerce, and Merchants: Bengal in the Pre-Colonial Era_ by Sushil Chaudhury
“What book is Jakob reading while tanning near some body of water?!?”
_Companies, Commerce, and Merchants: Bengal in the Pre-Colonial Era_ by Sushil Chaudhury
May 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The summertime thread no one asked for:
“What book is Jakob reading while tanning near some body of water?!?”
_Companies, Commerce, and Merchants: Bengal in the Pre-Colonial Era_ by Sushil Chaudhury
“What book is Jakob reading while tanning near some body of water?!?”
_Companies, Commerce, and Merchants: Bengal in the Pre-Colonial Era_ by Sushil Chaudhury
Time to watch a feel good film double feature:
April 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Time to watch a feel good film double feature:
I made this. MUCH improved from that last few weeks of trials and errors— stay turned for more to come!
April 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I made this. MUCH improved from that last few weeks of trials and errors— stay turned for more to come!
Me to myself whenever I think about setting long-term (and lately even medium-term) goals
March 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Me to myself whenever I think about setting long-term (and lately even medium-term) goals
80°, affogato, and an avortement in the archive
February 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
80°, affogato, and an avortement in the archive
Made it to the end of the teaching week. Please clap.
February 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Made it to the end of the teaching week. Please clap.