Dr Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (pronounced [ja'nina]; nÊe 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.
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
2018
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
2014
Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts
2022
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
2011
The Viking Sagas
2011
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
2014
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
2010
Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts
2020
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
2017
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
2016
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
2019
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
2021
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
2012