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This message is to announce a panel for the 2013 Annual Conference on SouthAsia tentatively titled: "Media and the State in Colonial India"We are looking for scholars who work on cinema and media in the colonialperiod and who are particularly interested in the relationship betweencinema and media and the colonial state policies, practices, and/orperceptions.  We are defining media broadly and will like to includescholars, who work on print or who are interested in any form of visual ororal media. We are hoping to spur a conversation between historians ofempire and cinema and media studies scholars.Participants currently include:Isabel Huacuja Alonso, Department of History, University of Texas at AustinSuzanne Schulz , Department of Radio Television and Film, University ofTexas at AustinPlease send a tentative title and abstract for 300-400 wordstoisabel.huacuja@gmail.combefore March 25th if you'd like toparticipate.source: H-Asia