{"id":5036,"date":"2014-03-11T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2016-08-04T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T22:36:31","slug":"jafari-sinclaire-allen-blackqueer-here-there-ethnography-of-an-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/jafari-sinclaire-allen-blackqueer-here-there-ethnography-of-an-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Jafari Sinclaire Allen: \u201cBlack\/Queer Here &#038; There: Ethnography of An Idea\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erb Memorial Union<br \/>\nGumwood Rm.<br \/>\n1222 E. 13th Ave.<br \/>\nUO campus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/JafariAllen_Talk.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5110\" src=\"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/JafariAllen_Talk.jpg\" alt=\"JafariAllen_Talk\" width=\"187\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/JafariAllen_Talk.jpg 252w, https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/JafariAllen_Talk-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jafariallen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jafari Sinclaire Allen<\/a>\u00a0will give a talk on \u201cBlack\/Queer Here &amp; There: Ethnography of An Idea\u201d on March 11.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Allen\u00a0is an associate professor of African American studies and anthropology at Yale University who works at the intersections of [queer] sexuality,\u00a0gender and blackness. 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