Tom Csordas established the Roy A. Rappaport Distinguished Lecture in the Anthropology of Religion. He also established the Presidential Roundtable, with the first one being on ‘Religion and Globalization’ and featuring Jonathan Friedman, Roland Robertson, and Talal Asad.
SAR Presidents and Rappaport Lecturers
1998-2001: Tom Csordas (President)—Talal Asad (Rappaport Lecturer)
2001-2003: Janice Boddy—J.D.Y. Peel
2003-2005: Michael Lambek—Maurice Bloch
2005-2007: Ellen Badone—Jean Comaroff
2007-2009: Stephan Palmié—Vincent Crapanzano
2009-2011: Margaret Wiener—Peter Pels
2011-2013: Janet Hoskins—Lorand Matory
2013-2015: Joel Robbins—Webb Keane
2015-2017: Adeline Masquelier—Charles Hirschkind
2017-2019: Simon Coleman—Joel Robbins
2019-2021: Courtney Handman—Amira Mittermaier
2021-2023: Daromir Rudnyckyj—Irfan Ahmad