We invite you and your colleagues to present research microtalks on South Asia or the South Asian diaspora. Can you help us spread the word? The AEJMC South Asia Initiative currently constitutes 520 members worldwide. It was instituted at the AEJMC 2015 conference in San Francisco. Here is a quick update on South Asia Initiative events at the 100th AEJMC 2017 conference in Chicago: ~~ Research Microtalks on South Asia at AEJMC 2017<http://www.aejmc.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AEJMC_So_Asia_Microtalks_call_final_m.pdf> Deadline for extended abstracts: 11:59 p.m. ET, May 18, 2017. See complete call<http://www.aejmc.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AEJMC_So_Asia_Microtalks_call_final_m.pdf>. ~~ Attend South Asia Events at the 100th AEJMC 2017 Conference in Chicago<http://aejmc.org/events/chicago17/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/So_Asia_Initiative_AEJMC_2017_save_date_m.pdf> The South Asia Initiative will host two events at the 100th AEJMC 2017 conference in Chicago. Click here for event details<http://aejmc.org/events/chicago17/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/So_Asia_Initiative_AEJMC_2017_save_date_m.pdf>. We hope you will attend the 2017 sessions<http://aejmc.org/events/chicago17/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/So_Asia_Initiative_AEJMC_2017_save_date_m.pdf'> to share your ideas. Let us know if you are NOT planning to attend the 100th AEJMC conference in Chicago<http://aejmc.org/events/chicago17/>, but wish to share your ideas about the AEJMC South Asia Initiative. Please share this email with your students and colleagues interested in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Let us continue to work on ideas to foster cross-disciplinary conversations and collaborative relationships. Thanks, Cordially, Deb. ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat<http://mj.unc.edu/directory/faculty/debashis-aikat>, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Media and Journalism CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da@unc.edu<mailto:da@unc.edu> URL: http://mj.unc.edu/directory/faculty/debashis-aikat *************************