
Elena Brambilla

Elena Brambilla (29 July 1942 – 3 February 2018) was an Italian historian. 
Biography.
Elena Brambilla was born in Milan, 29 July 1942. She was the daughter of Franca Brambilla Ageno. Brambilla specialized in modern history, graduating in 1967 University of Milan.
She worked first as an assistant before becoming a professor at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Milan, starting in 1983. She coordinated the Italian-French university degree in two-year specialization in modern history. Between 1998 and 1999, she collaborated with the Italian-Germanic Historical Institute (ISIG) in Trento. She devoted herself in particular to the history of the university, of medicine, and of science, to the relations between State and Church, as well as the history of women and gender identity.
Brambilla wrote several essays and collaborated in editing some periodicals, such as "Rivista di storia della filosofia", "Rivista di storia della Chiesa in Italia", "Rivista di studi politici internazionali", "Società e storia", "Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali", "Quaderni storici", "Nuova Rivista Storica", "Rivista Storica Italiana" and "Communications" of the Political Research Center of the Sorbonne. She was a member of the board of Unicomli, providing a series of history editions for Lombardy.
Brambilla died in Milan, 3 February 2018.