As a CHE Distinguished International Visitor in 2013, she delivered a plenary lecture at the ‘Sourcing Emotions in the Medieval and Early Modern World’ conference at The University of Western Australia. In this interview, Sarah discusses how literature provided a ‘script for emotion’ for historical readers, and offers insights for historians and literary scholars about how to explore emotion in literary sources. She suggests that the study of emotions allows for new readings of women’s writings that challenge prevailing dichotomies, such as that between reason and passion.