The History Project will hold its next conference, on "The New Economic History of India," on May 11-12, 2017, at the University of Cambridge. The conference will be particularly concerned with the economic history of India in relation to exchanges across frontiers, the history of the law, and the history of economic thought. The organizing committee welcomes proposals for papers, on any period, from advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and recent Ph.D. recipients. The deadline for submission of proposals is November 1, 2016. For more details and the on-line submission form, please see the call for papers. Questions may be addressed to histproj@fas.harvard.edu.
The Princeton University Library has digitized a number of posters from the Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Company . The posters, designed by the public relations firm Ivy Lee, were displayed in subway cars to provide information to riders about changes in fares and routes, safety issues, and other matters of interest. The collection consists of 385 images dating from 1918 to 1932; many of them provide financial information about rates, company dividends, and a general look at an early rapid transit system. October 29, update: Jonathan Rees over at "More or Less Bunk" was moved by this post to go off in search of a better site, and found the massive collection of the London Transport Museum , which displays over 5,000 items in a searchable collection .
