Name: Hamilton Parker Cook

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2012

School Name: Brandeis University

Major: Near Eastern and Judiac Studies / PhD: Relgious, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Description: Hamilton Parker Fairfield Cook was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota—home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the United States. Mr. Cook is completed an M.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University (the institution of his undergraduate tenure, where he majored in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies). His primary interests are in the field of Quranic studies, more specifically, Quranic exegesis. Mr. Cook continued his studies at the Ph.D. level, completing his doctoral studies in 2019 in Islamic Civilizations' Studies.

Sponsor: Zehra Attari Memorial Scholarship