After almost 20 years, Aung San Suu Kyi accepted an honorary degree on Wednesday from the University of Oxford. The celebrated pro-democracy leader was awarded the degree in 1993, but years of house arrest and imprisonment in Myanmar had prevented her from accepting in person. Ms. Suu Kyi, who is on her first trip abroad in 24 years, was recently elected to parliament in Myanmar, where the military junta has moved to relax controls over the government. She earned an undergraduate degree from Oxford and in a speech on Wednesday said memories of her time there “were among the most important inner resources” that helped her during her long period under house arrest, the BBC reports. She also lived in Oxford for many years with her late husband, the Tibet scholar Michael Aris, notes the Associated Press.