EPISODE · Mar 9, 2026 · 20 MIN

Learning Through Making with Dr. Sarah Bull

from Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast · host Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast

Going beyond the traditional English lecture, this episode explores Dr. Sarah Bull's course Cultures of the Book, where students explore the technology behind the text. From working with oak gall inks to creating new visions of what a book can be, Sarah shares how she uses experiential learning to engage her students in an exploration of the written word. Dr. Sarah Bull is an Associate Professor in Toronto Metropolitan University's English Department. Her research focuses on print culture and the history of the book. Her first book, Selling Sexual Knowledge: Medical Publishing and Obscenity in Victorian Britain, focused on the practices and politics of selling medical books on sexual matters in nineteenth-century Britain. Her current book project, Manufacturing Literature, examines the practices and politics of compiling books in the nineteenth century Anglophone world. Read the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/3mwetbse