Janina Ramirez

Janina Ramirez

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.

  • Title: Janina Ramirez
  • Popularity: 1.268
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1980-07-07
  • Place of Birth: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Homepage: https://www.janinaramirez.co.uk/
  • Also Known As: Nina Ramirez
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Janina Ramirez Movies

  • 2014
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    Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting

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

    1 2014 HD

    The history of still life painting with oil paints

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  • 2011
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    Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

    Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

    6 2011 HD

    Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster...

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  • 2011
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    The Viking Sagas

    The Viking Sagas

    5.3 2011 HD

    Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking...

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  • 2010
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    Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

    Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

    7 2010 HD

    In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-Saxon art treasures. Her basic thesis - and it is...

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  • 2017
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    England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation

    England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation

    8 2017 HD

    To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that defined this radical religious revolution in...

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  • 2018
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    The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci

    The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci

    9 2018 HD

    Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he...

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  • 2016
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    The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich

    The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich

    1 2016 HD

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

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  • 2021
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    Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

    Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

    1 2021 HD

    Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging women directors and artists. Each film...

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  • 2014
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    Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age

    Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age

    1 2014 HD

    Medieval historian Dr Janina Ramirez looks back to a time when British craftsmen and their patrons created a new form of architecture. The art and...

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  • 2012
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    Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery

    Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery

    9 2012 HD

    In 2009 metal-detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert discovered the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the UK. Dan Snow travels across the old...

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  • 2019
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    Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts

    Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts

    1 2019 HD

    Janina Ramirez presents a screengrab of inspiring, beautiful and urgent stories from emerging and established film-makers with their interpretations...

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  • 2020
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    Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts

    Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts

    1 2020 HD

    Janina Ramirez presents a set of short films by talented, emerging artists who use comedy, drama and dance to tell stories from a contemporary female...

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  • 2022
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    Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts

    Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts

    1 2022 HD

    Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging female directors and artists. Each film...

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  • 2014
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    Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age

    Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2011
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    Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

    Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

    6 2011 HD

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  • 2021
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    Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

    Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2012
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    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    5 2012 HD

    Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

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  • 2013
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    Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

    Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War

    7 2013 HD

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

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  • 2020
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    Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

    Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

    7.5 2020 HD

    Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they...

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  • 2015
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    Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

    Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

    8 2015 HD

    Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a...

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  • 2011
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    Pointless Celebrities

    Pointless Celebrities

    6.1 2011 HD

    Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers...

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  • 2020
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    Art on the BBC

    Art on the BBC

    1 2020 HD

    Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our...

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  • 2019
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    Handmade in Bolton

    Handmade in Bolton

    1 2019 HD

    Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

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  • 2017
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    An Art Lovers' Guide

    An Art Lovers' Guide

    1 2017 HD

    With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of cultural highlights. So what...

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  • 1970
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    An Art Lovers' Guide

    An Art Lovers' Guide

    5 1970 HD

    Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

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  • 1970
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    An Art Lovers' Guide

    An Art Lovers' Guide

    7.5 1970 HD

    Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they...

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  • 1970
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    An Art Lovers' Guide

    An Art Lovers' Guide

    8 1970 HD

    Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a...

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  • 1970
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    An Art Lovers' Guide

    An Art Lovers' Guide

    7.5 1970 HD

    Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they...

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  • 1970
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    An Art Lovers' Guide

    An Art Lovers' Guide

    7.5 1970 HD

    Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they...

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