Janina Ramirez

Biography

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

Pointless Celebrities

Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

The Viking Sagas

An Art Lovers' Guide

Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci

All Movies (13)

• Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts2022 · as Self - Presenter
• Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts2021 · as Self - Presenter
• Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts2020 · as Self - Presenter
• Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts2019 · as Self - Presenter
• The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci2018 · as Presenter
• England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation2017 · as Self - Presenter
• The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich2016 · as Presenter
• Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age2014 · as Presenter
• Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting2014 · as Self
• Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery2012
• Britain's Most Fragile Treasure2011 · as Presenter
• The Viking Sagas2011 · as Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
• Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons2010 · as Self - Presenter

All TV Shows (7)

• Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez2020 · as Self - Presenter
• Handmade in Bolton2019 · as Herself - Presenter
• An Art Lovers' Guide2017 · as Self - Presenter
• Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries2015 · as Self - Presenter
• Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War2013 · as Self - Presenter
• Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings2012 · as Self - Presenter
• Pointless Celebrities2011 · as Self