Humanities

Few photojournalists can claim a New York Times byline and a national award before their first anniversary in the field. Keito Newman ’25 already can.Newman's photos were featured in February as part ...

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?J...

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 ...

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 int...

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...

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 “som...

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 m...