Adam Gregus , BA BA MA
Adam Gregus
Department of East Asian Studies
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2 (Campus)
1090 Wien
Room: 2K-O1-07
T: +43-1-4277-43817

Adam Greguš
Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2 (Campus)
1090 Vienna
Room: 2K-O1-07

Research Interests

Modern and contemporary Japanese literature

War literature

Propaganda

Literary studies

Film and media studies

 

Bio

In his disseratation project, Adam Greguš examines the literary activity of writer Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951) during the wartime years of 1937-1945 as a case study of literature as war propaganda. Hayashi's case is analyzed with a special focus on aspects of contemporary propaganda, media and publishing culture, as well as state ideology and censorship. Her wartime writing is also examined in the context of her own vast body of work, where many research gaps still remain.

Other research interests include modern and contemporary Japanese literature (since 20th century) as an expression of political and social criticism, as well as these aspects in film and other media.

Doctoral project

The Vagabond on Front Lines: Hayashi Fumiko's Wartime Writing

Latest publications

Inselreich in Bewegung: Journalistische Annäherung an Japan

Gregus, A. & Brandner, J., 31 Dec 2020, In: Minikomi Informationen des Akademischen Arbeitskreises Japan. 88, p. 5-13 9 p., 2.

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Schwerpunkt Heisei (1989 - 2019)

Gregus, A., 31 Dec 2020, In: Minikomi Informationen des Akademischen Arbeitskreises Japan. 88, p. 4 1 p.

Publications: Contribution to journalEditorial

Japan wie es im Buche steht: Literaturwissenschaftliche Methoden in der Japanologie

Gregus, A. & Kamerer, T., Oct 2020, Wiener Selektion japanologischer Methoden: Jahrgang 2020. Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften / Japanologie, p. 207-224 17 p. (Beiträge zur Japanologie. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Japanologie der Universität Wien, Vol. 48).

Publications: Contribution to bookChapter

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Gregus, A. (2021). When Bubblonia Bursts: Kirino Natsuo’s Politikon and its Subversive Utopia. In A. Bednarczyk, M. Kubarek, M. Lewicka, & M. Szatkowski (Eds.), Crossroads of Liberty: Asian, African and European Literature Towards Freedom and Oppression (pp. 96-106). Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA.



Gregus, A., & Kamerer, T. (2020). Japan wie es im Buche steht: Literaturwissenschaftliche Methoden in der Japanologie. In Wiener Selektion japanologischer Methoden: Jahrgang 2020 (pp. 207-224). Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften / Japanologie. Beiträge zur Japanologie. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Japanologie der Universität Wien Vol. 48

Popp, W. (Interviewee), & Gregus, A. (Interviewee). (2020). Japan: 1945 bis heute. Radio show, ORF Ö1.

Gregus, A. (2020). Hayashi Fumiko ni okeru "sensō mibōjin" no hyōshō: Uzushio, Hone, Chairo no me o shiza ni. In Shin feminizumu hihyō no kai (Ed.), Shōwa kōki josei bungakuron (pp. 43-56). [3] Kanrin Shobō.




1 - 9 out of 9

Confessions of patriotism: Hayashi Fumiko’s wartime writing between bidan and shishōsetsu

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

18 Aug 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Literature between Japan and Brazil: Reflections and constructions of identity and culture from within and without

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

23 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The first woman: Hayashi Fumiko's trips to Nanjing and Wuhan and their media coverage

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

5 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


"A Warrior of Poetry": Hayashi Fumiko’s wartime writing

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

27 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Personal tragedy as political protest in Yû Miri’s JR Ueno Eki Kôen Guchi

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

16 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The oppressed strike back: Nakamura Fuminori’s Heisei existentialism of Suri and Ōkoku

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

7 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


When Bubblonia bursts – Kirino Natsuo’s Politikon and its subversive utopia

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

28 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Hayashi Fumiko ni okeru mibōjin no hyōshō: Uzushio o chūshin ni

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

8 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


„Zensen e detemite, watashi wa sensō no sūkō na utsukushisa ni utareta“: Hayashi Fumiko Hokugan butai, Sensen no naka no sensō/heitaizō

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

13 Jan 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Beauty of the battlefield: Hayashi Fumiko’s war diaries

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

2 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Eien no Zero: Zwischen Antikriegsappell und nationalistischem Sentiment

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

28 Sep 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Von einer Vagabundin zur Kriegsreporterin. Hayashi Fumikos Hokugan butai als ein „Kriegs-Hōrōki“

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

27 Feb 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Zugänge: Ein anderer Blick auf die japanische Schriftstellerin Kirino Natsuo

Adam Gregus (Speaker)

12 Mar 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of East Asian Studies

Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2 (Campus)
1090 Wien
Room: 2K-O1-07

T: +43-1-4277-43817

adam.gregus@univie.ac.at