The Société d'Études Coloniales () was a society that promoted the creation and maintenance of Belgian overseas colonies which was established in 1894. For some years it was headquartered in the Hôtel Ravenstein in Brussels (along with similar groups such as the Cercle Africain and the Ligue Nationale pour l'Œuvre Africaine). By 1902 it had a library.
Auguste Couvreur served briefly as its first chairman. Other members included . "Of the twenty-nine founding members of the Société, fourteen had civil functions (eleven were lawyers), nine were intellectuals,...five were soldiers,...one was a businessman.
As of 2008, the Society's archives were reported to have been lost.
See also Institut Royal Colonial Belge (est. 1928)
References
Bibliography issued by the society 1894- 1900 ed. via Google Books
about the society
External links WorldCat. Société d'études coloniales (Belgium) Archive Société d'études coloniales, Royal museum of central Africa