Speaker Bio

蘇聖雄，中央研究院近代史研究所副研究員，專注於近現代中國與臺灣軍事史、政治史和冷戰史，發表論著多種。軍事史方面，探討人事、情報、後勤、訓練、戰略、戰術、戰役和重要將領等議題，豐富近代軍事發展的圖像，並闡明其關鍵角色。政治史方面，從高層人物、派系和事件出發，分析冷戰時期臺灣政治的發展，並涉及組織、情報等層面。研究運用中文、英文和日文等多種史料，特別重視最新開放的檔案和日記，並採用全球脈絡下的研究方法，結合軍事史、思想史、制度史等多方面，交互探討，開拓新的研究視野。

Recapping the New Book Talk “War, Institutions and Thought: The Rise of the General Staff in Modern China” on 2 March 2026

Prof. SU Sheng-hsiung from the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica has been invited to give a talk entitled “War, Institutions and Thought: The Rise of the General Staff in Modern China” on 2 March 2026.

The lecture explored how the General Staff brought together a group of “military staff” to formulate national defense strategies for the impending Sino-Japanese conflict during the period of the Nationalist government. These defense plans significantly influenced both the outbreak and course of the Sino-Japanese War and shaped the long-term evolution of the conflict.