Dr Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (pronounced [ja'nina]; née Maleczek; born 7 July 1980), sometimes credited as Nina Ramirez, is a British art historian, cultural historian, and TV presenter. She specializes in interpreting symbols and examining works of art within their historical context. Ramirez went to school in Slough, Berkshire. She gained a degree in English literature, specializing in Old and Middle English, from St Anne's College, Oxford, before completing her postgraduate studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. She completed a PhD on the artistic and literary symbolism of birds, which led to a lectureship in York's Art History Department, followed by lecturing posts at the University of Winchester, University of Warwick, and University of Oxford.
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
(Self)
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
(Presenter)
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
(Self - Presenter)
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
(Presenter)
The Viking Sagas
(Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez))
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
(Self - Presenter)
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
(Presenter)
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
(Presenter)
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
(Self - Presenter)
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
(Self - Presenter)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
(Self - Presenter)
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
(Self - Presenter)
Pointless Celebrities
(Self)
Art on the BBC
(Self - Presenter)
Handmade in Bolton
(Herself - Presenter)
An Art Lovers' Guide
(Self - Presenter)
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
(Writer)
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
(Writer)
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
(Writer)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
(Writer)
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
(Writer)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
(Presenter)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
(Creator)