Société Belge d'Études Coloniales

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 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 Alexandre Halot. "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.

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