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dr. of rome -lrb- 2012 -rrb- . richard hodges , president of the american university rome , lazio , italy . office rome of the president of the american university of robert marino andrew thompson -lrb- acting -rrb- richard hodges bath , england , united kingdom . archeologist president of the american university of rome 29 september 1952 11th 2012 07 1 president hodges.jpg of the american university of rome dr. richard richard hodges -lrb- archaeologist -rrb-
 richard hodges university of southampton
richard hodges -lrb- archaeologist -rrb-

richard hodges obe , fsa -lrb- born 29 september 1952 -rrb- is a british archaeologist and president of the american university of rome .
a former professor and director of the institute of world archaeology at the university of east anglia -lrb- 1995 -- 2007 -rrb- , hodges is also the former williams director of the university of pennsylvania museum of archaeology and anthropology in philadelphia -lrb- october 2007 - 2012 -rrb- .
his published research primarily concerns trade and economics during the early part of the middle ages in europe .
his earlier works include `` dark age economics '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- , `` mohammed , charlemagne and the origins of europe '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- and `` light in the dark ages : the rise and fall of san vincenzo al volturno '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .
