Salahuddin & Sarwat Malik History Scholarship

The Malik History Fund supports the Salahuddin Malik Lecture Series: Building Bridges Through Dialogue, the Dr. Sarwat Malik Lecture Series: Women & Islam-Gender, Justice and Faith, and this scholarship. Salahuddin “Salah” Malik Ph.D., is a professor emeritus of Muslim nationalism and British imperial history at SUNY Brockport, and Sarwat Malik, M.D., a distinguished woman with an expansive professional career in medicine, created this scholarship and lecture series to help others understand the nuance of Muslim communities around the world, the cultural interactions between Muslims and other faith traditions, and of the role of women in Islam.

Eligible students include:

• history majors at the undergraduate or graduate level,
• actively engaged in research and writing of a research paper on the topic of Islam, the Middle East, South Asian history or the history of Muslim/Christian relations or Women in the Islamic world,
• and plan to present their work at Scholar’s Day or through another venue during the year the scholarship is awarded.

This award is selected by the Department of History and does not accept applications.

The financial assistance is in the form of a non-tuition educational expense grant that may be used to cover educational costs such as room, board or college fees. The award will be credited to the recipient’s bill during the semester(s) of the award period. The student must use this award for educational expenses at the College and may not receive the award in cash.