Sharika D. Crawford
Sharika D. Crawford is the inaugural Speedwell Professor of International Studies and Professor of History at the US Naval Academy. A historian of modern Latin America and the Caribbean, her research centers on Colombia, the circum-Caribbean, and African-descended communities more broadly. She brings them into her teaching of modern world history.
United States Naval Academy
Session
What does it mean to write and teach world history in the 21st century? This plenary session brings together historians whose work spans Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean world, and China in a global context, this plenary examines the methodological and pedagogical challenges of narrating the past beyond the nation-state. Drawing on their diverse regional and thematic expertise, the panelists will discuss how historians balance what analytical scales best illuminate historical connections and how global history can be taught and written about in ways that remain both rigorous and accessible in an era of renewed nationalist storytelling.