Anna Jameson Lecture 2026
'Rachel Weeping for Her Children’: Memories of Massacre, Flight, and Refuge
Lecture summary
The upcoming lecture will explore the Massacre of the Innocents, the Flight into Egypt, and the representation of mothers in the search for safety. It will be fifty years since Marina Warner published her study of the Madonna (‘Alone of All Her Sex: the Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary’, 1976) and she will revisit the representation of the mater dolorosa, drawing on Anna Jameson’s work, paintings in the National Gallery, and contemporary women artists (Paula Rego, Kiki Smith, Marcelle Hanselaar).
Marina Warner’s latest book is Sanctuary: Ways of Telling, Ways of Dwelling (2025).
To learn more about Marina Warner, please visit her website:
The Anna Jameson Lecture 2026 will take place on Monday 23 March 6pm – 7:30pm in the Pigott Theatre, Sainsbury Wing at The National Gallery and online.
The Anna Jameson Lecture series is generously supported by The Diane Apostolos-Cappadona Trust.