There are three professions which are entitled to wear a gown: the judge, the priest, the scholar...
... This garment stands for its bearer's maturity of mind, his independence of judgment, and his direct responsibility to his conscience and his god. It signifies the inner sovereignty of those three interrelated professions: they should be the very last to allow themselves to act under duress and yield to pressure.
Ernst Kantorowicz (cite)
I'm in Paris tomorrow for a graduation ceremony, and it's not customary for faculty to wear robes. But if it was, does anyone know whether you're supposed to wear your undergraduate paraphernalia or post-graduate (notice the shirt & tie!)?
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