Koninklijke Brill NV

Koninklijke Brill NV, also known as Brill, is an academic publisher, founded in 1683 in the Netherlands. It has grown to become one of the world’s leading international publishing houses with offices in Europe, the United States, Asia and China. Brill specializes in the humanities and social sciences, international law and selected areas in the sciences. It publishes over 1,200 books and 200 journals each year, as well as reference works and primary source materials. The company also distributes its e-versions of books, journals and primary source materials directly through its website, brill.com, as well as through third-party platforms and direct sales force.

Brill has an impressive portfolio of titles covering African studies, American studies, Ancient Near East and Egypt, art history, Asian studies, Biblical studies, book history, cartography, classical studies, education, history, Jewish studies, languages and linguistics, literature and cultural studies, media studies, Middle East and Islamic studies, philosophy, religious studies, Slavic and Eurasian studies, social sciences, theology, world Christianity, human rights and humanitarian law, international law, international relations, science and biology. It also organizes a series of events and symposia around the world in fields related to its publishing activities.

In 2020, Brill acquired ISD, an international scholarly publishing group based in Germany, expanding its presence into the biomedical and life sciences. ISD is dedicated to publishing peer-reviewed textbooks, reference books, monographs and journals. The acquisition also extended Brill’s geographic reach to include offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, India, China, South Africa and Brazil. At the same time, Brill entered into a strategic partnership with Routledge, a major international publisher, to co-publish scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. This deal marks Brill’s first major venture into the world of academic publishing.

The company is committed to providing high-quality publications and services to the scholarly community. Through its commitment to open access, Brill publishes numerous journals and monographs under an open access license. This allows unrestricted access to these materials, enabling researchers worldwide to develop new discoveries and insights. Brill also collaborates with various foundations and organizations, such as UNESCO and the European Commission, to promote the publication of scholarly texts and to increase access to research findings.