Aung San Suu Kyi would probably not be the symbol of Burma’s quest for democracy without her experiences at Oxford University. She studied there in the 1960s and raised a family there in the ’70s.
Suu Kyi returned to her alma mater Wednesday to receive the honorary degree she was unable to collect for more than a decade while under house arrest.
Dressed in a scarlet robe and black felt bonnet, Suu Kyi received her honorary doctorate of civil law at a commencement ceremony in Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre. Harking back to Oxford’s medieval traditions, professor Richard Jenkyns welcomed her back in Latin.
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