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.
Known For
Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2022
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2021
Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2020
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2020
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2019
Handmade in Bolton
Herself - Presenter · (4 episodes)
2019
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
Presenter
2018
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
Self - Presenter
2017
An Art Lovers' Guide
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2017
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
Presenter
2016
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2015
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
Presenter
2014
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Self
2014
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2013
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
2012
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2012
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
Presenter
2011
Pointless Celebrities
Self · (1 episode)
2011
The Viking Sagas
Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
2011
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
Self - Presenter
2010