Daan Jansen

@daancjansen.bsky.social

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Animal historian working with rats 🐀 in early modern cities University of York I try to be creative too: artist, writer, videomaker and more

Me using my hands to discuss the migratory history of brown rats
My rats, Enkidu and Gilgamesh, pondering underneath a blanket
An excel spreadsheet that shows that 100% of my papers have been marked
Front cover of "Amsterdam Diaries, Life Writing and Identity: Urban Lives"
A small wood carving of a murid sits on an otherwise empty desk
Gilgamesh the rat and me the human making eye contact
A print depicting a man reading in a train with a ghostly devil next to him. The text reads "Danger forever remains your invisible travelling partner. Insure yourself against travel accidents with Fatum" (my translation)
A screenshot of google maps showing a train ride of 11+ hrs passing by the Dutch town Breukelen, which gives its name to Brooklyn, NY
Title page for a rat presentation, titled "Rats! Changing perceptions of (Early) Modern Britain and NL". The image depicts a medieval miniscule of rats rowing a boat
Enkidu (a rat) napping in a hammock, his brother's butt is in the background
Conference programme booklet on a notebook
A screenshot of a news broadcast featuring a photo a group of protesters, with me prominently in the centre holding a sign that says "Rich Tice? I'd rather have head lice"
An adorable young rat peeks out of a hoodie