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Tonia Eckfeld

Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM

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Tonia Eckfeld on the remarkable history of China's famous Terracotta Warriors from the Qin dynasty (221-207 BCE). The NGV is currently showing several pieces of the terracotta army as part of their Winter Masterpieces exhibition. Tonia was one of the first Western women allowed entry to the excavation site of the terracotta warriors. Professor Tonia Eckfeld is a Principal Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne and a Distinguished Research Fellow at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China. Broadcast on 11 June, 2019.

Interview with Tonia Eckfeld, the history of China's Terracotta Warriors

Professor Tonia Eckfeld, Principal Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne and Distinguished Research Fellow at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, came in to discuss the history of the Qin Dynasty as well as the NGV's exhibition, Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality and accompanying works by contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang.

<p>Professor Tonia Eckfeld, Principal Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne and Distinguished Research Fellow at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, came in to discuss the history of the Qin Dynasty as well as the NGV's exhibition,<em> Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality </em>and accompanying works by contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang.</p>

Uncommon Sense - 11 June 2019 - Tonia Eckfeld