Janina Ramirez

Born: 1980-07-07

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.


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The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci

as Presenter
Released: 2018-04-30

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci,...

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Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

as Presenter
Released: 2011-10-12

Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78...

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The Viking Sagas

as Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
Released: 2011-05-10

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out...

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England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation

as Self - Presenter
Released: 2017-10-19

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books...

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Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery

as uncredited
Released: 2012-01-26

In 2009 metal-detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert discovered the largest collection of...

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Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

as Self
Released: 2014-01-05

The history of still life painting with oil paints

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Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

as Self - Presenter
Released: 2010-08-10

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of...

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The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich

as Presenter
Released: 2016-07-19

In this hour-long documentary, Dr Janina Ramirez tells the incredible story of a book hidden for...

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Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age

as Presenter
Released: 2014-10-28

Medieval historian Dr Janina Ramirez looks back to a time when British craftsmen and their...

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Pointless Celebrities

as Self
First aired: 2011-07-04

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz...

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Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2012-01-09

Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval...

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An Art Lovers' Guide

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2017-05-01

With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a...

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Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2020-02-10

Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists...

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Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2015-02-19

Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a...

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Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2013-02-11

The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt,...

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Art on the BBC

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 2020-02-02

Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the...

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Handmade in Bolton

as Herself - Presenter
First aired: 2019-10-07

Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from...

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