News Tagged as Humanities

Five female students sit on the sidewalk in front of the Performing Arts Center, some with laptops in their laps, as they smile and laugh with eachother.

Inside the Classroom: Five Students on What They're Learning This Spring

Mar 13, 2026

As the season’s first California poppies bloom along campus walking paths, the spring semester at SUA is in full swing. But what exactly does a liberal arts education look like on a day-to-day basis

A smiling woman in a blue shirt, jeans, and green boots kicks her right foot and outstretches her arms while a smiling man in a white polo and jeans leans toward her with one arm raised, standing in front of glass windows with Founders Hall behind them.

How Two Awarding-Winning Alumni Approach Filmmaking as an Act of Empathy

Dec 18, 2025

Soka alumni Michael Sasaki ’05 and Miho Saito ’14 have received international recognition for their short film The Brain That Cried Wolf, which explores mental health, identity, and the fear of death

Four female Humanities students share a laugh while looking at a book together.

Understanding the Greater Story: Inside SUA’s Humanities Concentration

Oct 10, 2024

If you step into a humanities classroom at SUA, you might overhear a lively discussion about a Shakespeare play, Japanese cinema from the silent era, or the music of Kendrick Lamar. You might dive

painting of a starry night and portrait of Nina Boutin

Not Cancelled 2020: Celebrating Creativity in the Midst of Chaos

Nov 02, 2020

Early this year, as event after event was being called off because of the pandemic, Nina Boutin ‘17 decided she wanted to prove that some things cannot be cancelled. Boutin, a freelance artist, got in

O. Bradley Bassler lecturing on Hitchcock's Vertigo

What Makes a Movie? A Vertiginous Trip through Hitchcock and Hollywood

Mar 11, 2020

Oleg Gelikman, professor and director of the Humanities concentration, introduced visiting professor O. Bradley Bassler’s lecture on Hitchcock’s Vertigo with intrigue, referring to the classic as

Professor Jonathan Arac holding Toni Morrison's Beloved

Toni Morrison's Beloved and the Language of American Fiction

Mar 02, 2020

The internationally reputed American literary scholar Jonathan Arac gave Soka students and professors an insightful look into the tragic world of Toni Morrison’s classic novel Beloved. Arac explored