Koninklijke Brill NV operates as a publishing house in Western Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It publishes academic books, journals, and primary sources with a focus on humanities and social sciences, international law, and other selected areas in sciences. The company’s subject areas include African studies, American studies, Ancient Near East and Egypt, art history, Asian studies, Biblical studies and early Christianity, book history and 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 and world Christianity, human rights and humanitarian law, international law, international relations, and biology. It also distributes e-version of its products directly on brill.com, as well as through third party platforms and direct sales force. The company was founded in 1683 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.