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Peculiar And Proper Habits: The Use And Production Of Academic Dress In Colonial, Revolutionary, And Federal Philadelphia, Nicholas Heavens Oct 2022

Peculiar And Proper Habits: The Use And Production Of Academic Dress In Colonial, Revolutionary, And Federal Philadelphia, Nicholas Heavens

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This is a study of the adoption and use of academic dress at the University of Pennsylvania and its predecessor institutions, the College of Philadelphia and University of the State of Pennsylvania from approximately 1750–1830. Despite early interest of the College’s founder, Benjamin Franklin, to use academic dress to monitor student activities outside college bounds, there was soon contentious debate between the institution’s founding senior academics about whether academic dress should be used at all. By sheer force of will of its leading proponent, academic dress came into use at public ceremonies. These public ceremonies became a model for public …


History And Development Of University Doctoral Academical Dress In Aotearoa (New Zealand), Scott Pilkington Oct 2022

History And Development Of University Doctoral Academical Dress In Aotearoa (New Zealand), Scott Pilkington

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In 2018 it was announced that Auckland University of Technology (AUT) would join the other seven universities in Aotearoa (New Zealand) in offering a higher doctorate qualification. As part of this process it became apparent that new academical dress would need to be designed and created. Working in the university’s Graduate Research School gave me an opportunity to provide input, and as a result, I designed a new set of academic dress for these qualifications in conjunction with the university’s official robemaker, Paul Fielder (FBS).

This provided a prompt to examine what academical dress exists for existing AUT doctorates – …


Egregii Procuratores: The Master Of Arts’ Full-Dress Gown And Its Use By The Proctors And Assessor Of The University Of Oxford, Edmund Eggleston Oct 2019

Egregii Procuratores: The Master Of Arts’ Full-Dress Gown And Its Use By The Proctors And Assessor Of The University Of Oxford, Edmund Eggleston

Transactions of the Burgon Society

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Academic Dress On Picture Postcards Published By Davis’S Of Oxford, Their Rivals And Successors, Alex Kerr Oct 2019

Academic Dress On Picture Postcards Published By Davis’S Of Oxford, Their Rivals And Successors, Alex Kerr

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Weaving The Fabric Of Success: Exploring Academic Attire And Eton College From 1440, Martin Lewis Oct 2019

Weaving The Fabric Of Success: Exploring Academic Attire And Eton College From 1440, Martin Lewis

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The Academic Dress Of The University Of Essex, Edmund Eggleston Oct 2018

The Academic Dress Of The University Of Essex, Edmund Eggleston

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The Hood Of The Determining Ba At Oxford, Nicholas Groves Oct 2018

The Hood Of The Determining Ba At Oxford, Nicholas Groves

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No abstract provided.