This conjectural essay was originally written for a symposium "Historiography of the future: Looking back to the future" held at the International Standing Conference for History of Education (ISCHE) 33, July 2011, San Luis Potosi, Mexico organised by Kate Rousmaniere and Frank Simon. Participants were asked to envision future challenges for the discipline and to imagine what innovations and new interests would arise in the next 30 years. Written from the vantage point of 2041 the essay describes scholarship and methodological approaches used by historians of education to explore the history of the senses. (Contains 52 footnotes and 5 figures.)