February 3, 2026
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Glasgow Women’s Library, in partnership with The Glasgow School of Art and Street Level Photoworks, is delighted to share the recording of the Maud Sulter Annual Lecture with Pratibha Parmar, which is now available to watch online.
Pratibha Parmar first met Maud Sulter in the mid-1980s, during a period when Black women artists, writers and cultural workers were carving out vital spaces outside the mainstream arts establishment. Through painting, photography and moving image, this movement generated bold new visual narratives—contesting erasure, expanding representation, and mapping alternative ways of seeing and being. In this lecture, Parmar reflects on these formative moments in dialogue with Sulter’s work and considers their ongoing reverberations today.
The Annual Maud Sulter Lecture is presented by Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow Women’s Library and The Glasgow School of Art. The series builds on Sulter’s legacy by providing a platform for Black and Women of Colour creatives who knew Sulter, can speak to the context in which she worked, discuss her practice within a wider field, explore overlaps in their own work, or reflect on how Sulter’s legacy has shaped their approaches. In doing so, the lecture series seeks to keep the reach and relevance of her work alive.
Videography by Jen Martin
Image: © Sam Mwiraguzu, courtesy of Street Level Photoworks