The Société d'Études Coloniales (lit.'Society for Colonial Studies') 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 [fr] in Brussels (along with similar groups such as the Cercle Africain and the Ligue Nationale pour l'Oeuvre Africain).[1] By 1902 it had a library.
Auguste Couvreur served briefly as its first chairman.[2] Other members included Alexandre Halot [fr]. "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.[1]
As of 2008, the Society's archives were reported to have been lost.[1]
Maarten Couttenier (2005). Congo tentoongesteld: Een geschiedenis van de Belgische antropologie en het museum van Tervuren (1882–1925 (in Dutch). Leuven. pp. 121–124. ISBN9033457709. Société d'Études Coloniales{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)