Gergely, Attila

Title: Dr
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1950
Place of Birth (Country): Hungary
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Office Phone Number: (36) 1-318-5915

Doctoral Studies
Year of Doctoral Defence (PhD / CSc): 1982 (Dr univ.)
Discipline: Sociology
Title of Thesis: Structures of Social Classification ...
Issuing Institution: Eötvös University, Budapest

MA Studies
Year of Obtaining the MA Degree: 1974, 1975
Discipline(s): History, Sociology
Issuing Institution: Eötvös University, Budapest

Further Studies and Qualifications

Institution	Qualification	Year of Obtaining the Qualification

Employment
Current Employer: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Institute: Oriental Languages and Cultures
Department: Japanese Studies
Current Position(s): Lecturer

Previous Employer: Hungarian Institute of International Affairs
Previous Position Held: Research Fellow

Other Previous Employers: Hungarian Academy of Sc., Institute of Sociology
Other Previous Positions Held: Research Fellow

Areas of Research and Teaching

Japanese Society and Social History
Japan’s Economy
Japanese Politics
Japan’s International Relations
East Asia as World Region

Membership in Research Groups and Projects

The Chaging Information and Communication Infrastructure of Asian Studies

Educational Functions, Curriculum Development and Other
Teaching-Related Activities

Period	Function or Activity
1988-1992	Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Eotvos University
1992-1999	Lecturer in Sociology, Pazmany University
2000-	Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Karoli University

Language Skills

Language	Level and Kind of Proficiency
English	advanced
Japanese	advanced
Russian	intermediate

Honours, Distinctions, and Prizes

Name of Distinction	Issuing Institution	Year of Issuing
Higher Education Medal of Merit	Eötvös University	1975

Membership in Academic Societies

Name of Organization	Function (if any)
Kőrösi Csoma Oriental Association

Guest Professorships and Research Fellowships in Foreign
Institutions

Period	Institution	Activities
1983-1985	University of Tokyo	Research Fellow
1992	Waseda University	Invited Professor
1996-97	Waseda University	Special Status Research Fellow

Promotorship in Doctoral Studies

Name of Doctoral Student, Institution	Research Topic / Title of Dissertation	Year of Defence (if applicable)
Emilia Fabián, Corvinus University	Japan’s International Relations