【社會經濟史研究群講論會】
主講人：Dafydd Fell（Director of Centre of Taiwan Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London）
題  目：臺灣糖業鐵路的黃昏歲月（The Twilight Years of Taiwan’s Sugar Railways）
時  間：2026年12月22日（二）11:00-13:00
地  點：中央研究院臺灣史研究所802室(人文社會科學館北棟八樓)
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4.本次演講以英語發表。

摘要：
在鼎盛時期，臺灣的糖業鐵路（五分車）曾是全球最卓越的窄軌工業鐵路系統。其軌道縱橫交錯於臺灣中南部，全長高達 3,000 公里，甚至超越了國營鐵路網。過去，糖是臺灣最大的出口商品，糖鐵將甘蔗從農田運往製糖廠，再將糖的成品運至港口，在臺灣的經濟奇蹟中扮演重要的角色。糖鐵的功能並不局限於運送蔗糖，更涵蓋了種類多元的各式貨物；此外，它也擁有長達 600公里的客運鐵道，其中甚至包含了停靠站點較少的直達快車。
本次演講聚焦於 1990 年代台灣糖鐵的黃昏歲月。當時，這個規模龐大的運輸系統迅速地面臨停駛與廢線。羅達菲教授將運用一系列首次公開珍藏的照片，講述台灣糖鐵的故事；也透過糖鐵退休員工的深入訪談，展現這段歷史背後的人情溫度。
In their heyday, Taiwan’s sugar railways were the world’s most extraordinary narrow gauge industrial railway system. Its tracks criss-crossed southern and central Taiwan and the track length of 3,000 kilometres exceeded the national railway’s network. With sugar being Taiwan’s largest export, by bringing sugar cane from the field to the mills and then sugar products to the ports, the sugar railways played a critical role in Taiwan’s economic miracle. The railways were not limited to transporting sugar and instead carried a very diverse range of freight. It also had a passenger network of 600 kilometres that included limited stop express trains.
This lecture focuses on the twilight years of Taiwan’s sugar railways in the 1990s when the still extensive system was entering a period of rapid closures. Professor Dafydd Fell will tell the story of Taiwan’s sugar railways using a collection of previously unpublished photographs. He’ll also show the human side of this  remarkable story by bringing in insights from extensive interviews with retired sugar railway workers.

個人簡歷：
羅達菲為倫敦大學亞非學院（SOAS）政治與國際關係學系教授，也是該校臺灣研究中心主任，長期致力於推動英國及各地臺灣研究的發展。他曾於 2004 年參與創立歐洲臺灣研究學會（EATS），擔任該學會秘書長長達八年；在倫敦大學推動設立臺灣研究碩士學程；也於Routledge出版社編有臺灣研究叢書「Routledge Research on Taiwan Series」。
Dafydd Fell is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies. He has been active in developing the field of Taiwan studies in the UK and beyond. He helped establish the European Association of Taiwan Studies in 2004 and was the Association’s Secretary General for 8-years. At SOAS, he established the MA Taiwan Studies programme, and serves as the series editor for the Routledge Research on Taiwan Series.

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