The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), known as Hanguk Kwahakweon in Korean, was one of the first modern research institutes in the developing world dedicated to industrial technology; it became a model for similar institute...

In her review of Kaja Silverman's The Threshold of the Visible World (1996), feminist theorist Mieke Bal observed that Silverman "is in the habit of raising questions that remain unanswered, and devoting her next book to them." Silverman's...

Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993) was the most controversial of the post-World War II prime ministers of Japan. As the leader of the largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) he dominated Japanese politics for many years. Althou...

KĀLACAKRA ("Wheel of Time"; Tib., dus kyi 'khor lo; Mong., čay-un kürdü) is the Sanskrit name for the principal male deity and personification of the Kālacakra Tantra, an Indian Buddh...

KALĀM. In common usage kalām signifies speech, language, sentence, proposition, words, but in the field of Muslim religious thought it has two particular meanings: the word of God (kalām Allāh) and the science o...

KALĀBĀDHĪ, AL- (d. AH 380/5, 990/5 CE), more fully Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Kalābādhī; was the author of a famous treatise on early Sufis...

optical device consisting of mirrors that reflect images of bits of coloured glass in a symmetrical geometric design through a viewer. The design may be changed endlessly by rotating the section containing the loose fragments. The name is ...

Detours on the Way to Hollywood Oh! the spaciousness of this great picture. The limitless plains, the wild scurry of the horses, the freedom. -Review of Selig's RANCH LIFE IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST, in Moving Picture World, 9 July 1910, p. 78...

Finnish national epic compiled from old Finnish ballads, lyrical songs, and incantations that were a part of Finnish oral tradition. The Kalevala was compiled by Elias Lönnrot, who published the folk material in two editions (32 canto...

Collection of Indian beast fables written in Sanskrit that has had extensive circulation throughout the world. The original work, now lost, may have been written down between 100 &BC; and &AD; 500. A textbook for instructing three sons of ...

Kaliopate Tavola has been Fiji's Foreign Minister since 2000. The Challenges of Democracy in the Pacific ( Speech delivered to the 33rd Pacific Pacific Islands Forum, 15 August 2002, Nadi , Fiji) - excerpts. "Democracy is a means of achiev...

David Kalakaua (1836-1891) was a Hawaiian King who was a staunch supporter of native Hawaiian civil rights. His opposition to the white business community led to a rebellion forcing him to sign a new constitution relinqushing his powers as...

[In an early essay Vidal wrote] that the shrinking audience for fiction was really a good thing, because it left the novel only "the best things: that exploration of the inner world's divisions and distinctions where no camera may follow."�...

Joseph Kallinger was a Philadelphia shoemaker whose 1974-1975 crime spree relied on his 13-year-old son as an accomplice. Kallinger was born in 1937 and was adopted into an abusive family. In turn, he was abusive to his six children and wa...

Natalie Kalmus (1883-1965) played a key role in the development and promotion of the Technicolor film process. Kalmus was born Natalie Mabelle Dunfee in 1883 (some sources say 1878 or 1892) in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of George Kays...

Kama Sutra is a classic treatise on the science of sex. It was written by a famous Indian sage, Maharshi Vatsyayana, fifteen hundred years ago during the golden period of the Gupta dynasty. It is based on ancient Indian scriptures and trea...

Kamal Jumblatt (1917-1977) was a distinguished ideologue and Druze leader in Lebanese politics who was considered the father of the contemporary Left in Lebanon despite his feudal background. Kamal Jumblatt was born in Mukhtarah, Lebanon, ...

KAMALAŚĪLA (c. 740–795) was an Indian Buddhist scholar and monk, who was famed for his role in the legendary Bsam yas debate in Tibet and for his prolific writings on Buddhist philosophy and practice. A disciple of &#x...

Kamehameha III (ca. 1814-1854), king of the Hawaiian Islands for 30 years, reigned longer than any Hawaiian ruler. He gave his people a constitution and reformed the land laws. Kamehameha III, son of Kamehameha I, was born at Keauhou, Hawa...

Kamelot is a power metal band from Tampa, Florida. Contents 1 Albums 1.1 The Fourth Legacy (2000) 1.2 Karma (2001) 1.3 Epica (2003) 1.4 The Black Halo (2005) 1.5 Ghost Opera (2007) 2 External links // Albums The Fourth Legacy (2000) If you...

SOURCE: Berman, Russell. “A Solidarity of Repression: Pabst and the Proletariat.” In Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation, and Nationhood, pp. 123-33. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. In the follo...

Ōkami (大神, Ōkami? lit. "great god", though also a pun for "wolf") is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and distributed by Capcom . It was released for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console in 2006 in Japan...

Behzad or Bihzad (died ca. 1530) is considered the most important painter of Persia in a period when the country produced many great painters. Unfortunately, important as Behzad was, there is no record of his birth or death and very little...

KAMO NO MABUCHI (1697–1769), Japanese scholar of classical studies in the Tokugawa period (1600–1868); he wrote classical poetry under the pen names Shōjyō, Moryō, Iyō, and Agatai. Mabuchi was born...