Brill Publishers

Koninklijke Brill NV, abbreviated Brill, is an internationally active Dutch academic publisher and at EUR Euronext Amsterdam NV listed company.

The publishing house was founded in 1683 in Leiden, The Netherlands, where the company is headquartered to this day. The publisher maintains an office in Boston (USA). Sales amounted to around 25 million euros in 2006. Brill employs about 120 people, laid over 100 academic journals annually and approximately 500 new books and reference works.

The publisher is geared towards international scientific publications in the fields of

• History of the Middle East and Egypt,
• Asian and Islamic Studies,
• History of the Middle Ages and modern times,
• Religious Studies,
• Classical Antiquity,
• Social Sciences,
• Art history,
• Science and Biology,
• Human rights and humanitarian law
• International Law / International Law

Brill publications include the 1913 Encyclopaedia of Islam in English, French and German, followed by a repeat of 1987 in English and French. Currently working on the third edition, which will only appear in English.

Furthermore Brill belongs to its own IDC Publishers branch to the main line and microfilm / microfiche providers of primary literature for scientists in the fields of humanities and social sciences. All publications are available in print, microfilm / microfiche and in electronic form.