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)
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
(Presenter)
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
(Self - Presenter)
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
(Self - Presenter)
The Viking Sagas
(Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez))
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
(Presenter)
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
(Self - Presenter)
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
(Presenter)
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
(Self - Presenter)
Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts
(Self - Presenter)
Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts
(Self - Presenter)
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)
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
(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)