Malik Al Nasir awarded the University of Cambridge's 2023 winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Global Impact Award

Global Impact Award

Abdul Malik Al Nasir from St Catharine's

Malik is a third year PhD candidate in history. His research into his slave owner ancestors made global headlines, landing him a two-book deal with HarperCollins. In his first year at St Catharine's, he published his memoir, which charts his childhood care experience and academic journey from semi-literacy to Cambridge. He made representations to the UN on 'Lifting the Barriers to Black Academia' and his policy brief will be published this year. He also helped develop the Widening Access and Participation Bill currently in the House of Lords. Projects arising from his slavery research include a Royal Television Society award-winning documentary and an exhibition that was runner-up for the Museums Association 'Museums Changes Lives Award'. He has delivered keynotes for the CARICOM Reparations Commission in Antigua with Sir Hilary Beckles and Prime Minister Gaston Browne.