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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). By 1902 it had a library.
Auguste Couvreur served briefly as its first chairman. 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.
As of 2008, the Society's archives were reported to have been lost.
See also
- Institut Royal Colonial Belge (est. 1928)
References
- ^ Vincent Viaene (2008). "King Leopold's Imperialism and the Origins of the Belgian Colonial Party, 1860–1905". Journal of Modern History. 80 (4): 741–790. doi:10.1086/591110. JSTOR 10.1086/591110. S2CID 144513498.
- Couttenier 2005.
Bibliography
- issued by the society
- Bulletin de la Société d'études coloniales (in French), OCLC 18922350 – via HathiTrust 1894-
- Albert Donny (1896–1897). Manuel du voyageur et du résident au Congo (in French). 1900 ed.
- Bibliotheque, Société d'Études Coloniales: Catalogue (in French), Brussels: A. Lesigne, 1902 via Google Books
- about the society
- Maarten Couttenier (2005). Congo tentoongesteld: Een geschiedenis van de Belgische antropologie en het museum van Tervuren (1882–1925 (in Dutch). Leuven. pp. 121–124. ISBN 9033457709.
Société d'Études Coloniales
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External links
- WorldCat. Société d'études coloniales (Belgium)
- Archive Société d'études coloniales, Royal museum of central Africa
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