What does the word "luxury" mean to you? In this episode of Foreword, we unpack the idea of what luxury is, how we can study it, and why studying it matters.

Dr. Jessica Clark, Associate Professor with the Department of History, and Dr. Nigel Lezama, Associate Professor of French with the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, talk about their recent joint publication "Canadian Critical Luxury Studies: Decentering Luxury".

Jessica Clark (faculty bio)

Nigel Lezama (faculty bio)

Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Culture

Department of History

Canadian Critical Luxury Studies: Decentring Luxury  (Intellect, 2022)

Business of Beauty (Bloomsbury, April 2022)

The Recipes Project

The Rise of Luxury Exhibition (The Guardian, 10 Dec. 2022)

ACUFC L’Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne

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