Rajesh James, (Un)building the Spectacle: Affect, Gazes and Strctures of Feeling, (Invited Talk, Two Day International Seminar on Framing Perspectives: Thinking Cinema, SB College, Changanassery, 12/02/2020),

Rajesh James, Documenting Life: Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India, (Invited Talk, Regional Seminar/ SSU Kalady, 12/06/2019),

Rajesh James, Can the Adivasis Speak? Indegenity and Malayalam Cinema, (Invited Talk, MMS Government Arts and Science College, Trivandrum, 30/11/2019),

Rajesh James, Crafting a Future in Films, (Invited Talk, Career Workshop Headstart- University of Calicut, 20/10/2016),

Rajesh James How to Read a Film?, (Invited Talk, Mary's College Mannarcaud, 12/01/2018),

Rajesh James, Documentary Films In India, (Invited Talk, National Seminar on Subalternity, Government College Malappuram, 31/10/2018),

Rajesh James, Representation of Transgender Identity in Malayalam Cinema, (Invited Talk, UGC National Seminar-Government College, Kozhinjampara, 03/11/2017),

Rajesh James, Is there an Independent Cinema In India: A Documentary Perspective, (Invited Talk, UGC National Seminar/MA College, Kothamangalam, 08/02/2019),

Rajesh James, Ethics and Values in Contemporary World Literatures, (Invited Talk, National conference/SNMV College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, 11/10/2019),

Rajesh James, Queerdom and Pleassure in Contemporary Cinema, (Chair, Academic Conference London Limted, 27/06/2013),