Jakob Burnham

@jakobburnham

Historian of France and the Early Modern World, Indian Ocean Colonialism, Notaries, and Urban Social History in Texas. Often professional, sometimes a silly goose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· 7d

Someone is tired after a long day of watching me move us into a new apartment all by myself…

A grey tabby Maine coon mix asleep on my shoulder

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· 10d

Sleepy boy’s toe beans are just soooo cute and perfect!

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· 10d

Marcel has been cleared by the vet for cuddles :) welcome, finally, to my emotional crutch

Two green eyed beauties: a human man and a grey tabby Maine coon mix

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· 17d

Mister Marcel yearns to be free from his isolation :(

Adorable grey tabby Maine coon mix kitty staring directly at camera, yowling in annoyance

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· 17d

Since the semester starts on Monday (gah!!), I guess its time to get my syllabus underway for my graduate readings course on "Law and Society in Europe's Early Modern World"! Any and all article suggestions are welcome!! 🗃️

Readings for the course:
- Into the Archives: Writing and Power in Colonial Peru, Kathryn Burns;
- Fiction in the Archives: Pardon Tales and Their Tellers in Sixteenth-Century France, Natalie Zemon Davis;
- Dispossessed Lives, Marisa Fuentes;
- A Search for Sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400–1900, Lauren Benton;
- Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantations in America, 1660-1783, Lee B. Wilson;
- Empire of Law and Indian Justice in Colonial Mexico, Brian Owensby;
- Archipelago of Justice: Law in France’s Early Modern Empire, Laurie Wood;
- Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab, Leslie Pierce;
- The Enlightenment on Trial: Ordinary Litigants and Colonialism in the Spanish Empire, Bianco Premo;
- Empires of Complaints: Mughal Law and the Making of British India, 1765–1793, Robert Travers;
- Inventing the English Massacre: Amboyna in History and Memory, Alison Games;
- The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico, Martin Nesvig;
- A Colonial Affair Commerce, Conversion, and Scandal in French India, Danna Agmon

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· 29d

Marcel Update: he is an ABSOLUTE angel…but sadly caught ringworm at the rescue (which was not disclosed when I picked him up, hence the cuddling) So, in addition to his medical dip and a 5-week regimen of an oral antifugal, he must quarantine for 4 weeks. My little boy in the plastic bubble 🥹😞😷

Image of an angelic grey-tabby Maine Coon mix with green eyes

A cat pen of clear plastic used as a quarantine space.

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jul 27

Marcel wanted to help edit this article, but writing is exhausting!

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jul 26

Meet Marcel, everyone.

Close up of grey-tabby Maine coon mix kitten

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jul 24

Finally, after months, my special little guy comes home tomorrow!!

A green cat collar with the name on its name tag obscured by the label “tomorrow”. Other labels include a black cat and the sign “incoming”

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jun 25

Me, calling up Erin Brockovich

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jun 23

Grindr, calm down: it’s free to be ignored. I cannot imagine spending 350$/month to have AI attempt to guide me through the ineffable minefield of gay app culture… Shoo!

Grindr, a gay hookup app, attempting to sell AI integrated features at 350$/month

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jun 22

Omg—not HotD quoting Elizabeth I’s Tilbury Speech!

Rhaenyra Targaryen, visibly distraught, speaks “I may have the weak and feeble body of a woman, but I have possess the heart and spirit of a king”

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· May 12

Got my Cinnabon 😋🤤

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· May 6

There is no greater sense of accomplishment for me than getting my inbox total cleared out, but how long will it last?!

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Apr 26

Oh look! A new water bottle to give me some dopamine :)

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Apr 8

As a child, I broke my foot by pulling a TV down on myself trying to get the VHS of this movie, which had been taken for me because I was obsessed. So yea, I was GAAYYY :)

Screenshot of the title card for the 1994 cinematic masterpiece: The Swan Princess

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Mar 31

Vibes of the US Government these days

Meme from the office that shows Dwight, despite having claimed originally a short time, he is actually uncertain— as evidence by his colleagues questioning longer and longer timespans and Dwight’s acceptance

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Mar 22

Timeline cleanser: Please appreciate my perfectly golden lemon pound cake — I love him like a child, will be sad when I have eaten him.

A perfectly golden lemon pound Bundt cake

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Mar 4

wow--uncommon transparency. Mixed thoughts...

Screen grab from a job posting that states "invites applications for a visiting assistant professor whose research and teaching is focused on European history in the modern period, broadly defined. The term of appointment is two years, with a beginning date of July 1, 2026. A strong internal candidate has been identified, but all applications received no later than March 17, 2026, will be considered."

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Feb 23

In the midst of a budget crisis. its nice to see that the Uni can STILL find a way to give precarious, already underpaid NTT faculty the short end of the stick...

Eligible tenured faculty and administrators whose requests are approved and are not withdrawn within the prescribed period will receive payment equal to one (1) year’s annual base pay as stated in their respective UNT faculty salary notice for fiscal year 2026.

Eligible professional faculty whose requests are approved and are not withdrawn within the prescribed period will receive a one-time payment equal to six (6) month’s annual base pay as stated in their respective UNT faculty salary notice for fiscal year 2026.

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jan 29

No job has “obvious economic value”! Just a few years ago, everyone claimed CS and its ilk were THE paths. Now, how many articles are there saying “I got a CS degree, but now I can’t find a job!” Data shows employers consistently seek employees with skills that can be learn in ANY MAJOR!

Texas Monthly: The “Talent String Texas” plan talks a lot about “credentials of value,” which it defines as degrees where the economic benefits outweigh the costs. How do you measure degrees that maybe don’t have an obvious economic value, like art history or sociology?

CM: The reason we talk about building a talent-strong Texas is because the world is changing. Technology is changing; jobs are changing. For us, being in the board, we need to make sure that the degrees we’re offering have real-world implications. That students can go out and have real jobs and have real impact.

Image of the graph from the National Association of Colleges and Educators depicting the “Attributes Employers Seek on a Candidate’s Resume”.

The top five are problem-solving skills (88.3%), ability to work in a team (81.0%), written communication skills (77.1%), initiative (73.7%), and a strong work ethic (73.2%).

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jan 29

Perhaps Texas could, I don’t know, invest more in its educational infrastructure? Better, equitable pay for faculty (regardless of rank) and staff, for one… Two: stop persecuting faculty for asking students to think, read, and engage critically with questions central to living in the modern World…

Texas Monthly: In the U.S. News and World Report’s most recent college rankjngs, Texas had one pubkic university in the top fifty, while California has Six. How does Texas get our universities to that level?

CM: There’s a lot for me to catch up on when it comes to stats and things like, you know, how many universities we have in the top fifty. I need to get up to speed on that. But I will say that Texas is growing. I would say that we have a chance to have all Ont public universities be top in the world.

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jan 22

Absolutely, truly, so excited for this book!! I’ve read some but there’s nothing quite like a physical copy

Image of the book “By Flesh and Toil: how sex, race and labor shaped the Early French Empire”

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jan 10

Did I pre-order it?! You bet your SWEET ass I did Get your copy today, @lmansley.bsky.social, @meghankroberts.bsky.social, @rpanchasi.bsky.social !!

Screenshot of a Barnes and Noble checkout cart featuring the Exclusive edition of the 3rd Shane-Ilya novel by Rachel Reid, the 7th in her “Game Changers” series.

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Jan 9

The Friday before the semester starts, and there is quiet in the land

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Dec 2

"Indoctrinating the students" you claim?!?!?! I've sent this exact email three times this morning...

A screenshot of an email: "Good morning, Per my announcements in class, the syllabus (pg. 3), and the Week 16 module on Canvas: No, we will not be meeting this week. Best, Dr. B"

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Nov 29

As a yearner who longs to be yearned for…it really just speaks to me. Apparently 3 times in 48 hours…

Screenshot from Crave’s adaption of “Heated Rivalry”

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Nov 21

Look out, y’all: I’m actually “researching” today instead of instruction or service work 🥰 might even mess around a writing something!

A stack of books and dissertations behind a cup of coffee

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Nov 17

Happy birthday to me! Send money for Champagne and to help me pay my speeding ticket 🤪 venmo.com/u/JakobBurnham

Jakob Burnham@jakobburnham· Oct 27

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.