Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill (known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, Brill Academic Publishers) is an international academic publisher and is listed on Euronext, Amsterdam. With offices in Leiden and Boston (MA), Brill today publishes more than 100 journals and around 500 new books and reference works each year. In addition, Brill is a provider of primary source materials online and on microform for researchers in the humanities and social sciences through its imprint IDC Publishers. All publications are available in print or microform, as well as in electronic format. Brill publishes in the following subject areas:
- Ancient Near East and Egypt
- Middle East, Asian and Islamic Studies
- Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Biblical and Religious Studies
- Classical Studies
- Social Sciences
- Asian Studies (Hotei Publishing imprint)
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers imprint)
- Public International Law (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers imprint)
- Biology
- Science (VSP imprint)
As of October 1, 2006 the publishing activities of Transnational Publishers have joined the International Law program of Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Brill’s imprint for publications in the area of international law. Brill will continue to publish this list under the name of Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
History
In the 19th century, Brill was often called upon to print books prepared by other publishers, who felt Brill had the highest-quality Arabic fonts. Brill published the Encyclopaedia of Islam (in German, French, and English), first in 1913, and later in 1987; they also published many journals on Islamic and Biblical studies, and critical text for many manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
