Dr Philip Woods teaches the Britain and Slavery course at NYU in London. He teaches at Kingston University, London where he is Academic Advisor in the Study Abroad Office. He studied History at the London School of Economics and at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His doctorate, which was published, was on British-Indian politics after the First World War. His current research is on the British use of film propaganda in India and he has published in a number of academic journals including Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, South Asia and Indian Horizons.