Since September 2009, Beloit College, with the support of a grant from the Freeman Foundation, has hosted colloquia on teaching Asian Studies. The goal of the colloquia has been to assemble a repertoire of strategies and techniques for teaching Asian Studies at the undergraduate level. The theme for the September 2011 colloquium is "Transcultural Asia: Pedagogies of Borrowing and Trading in Undergraduate Education."

The colloquium will include a panel discussion, workshops on using objects in teaching, exhibits, gallery talks, and a keynote speech by Don Wyatt of Middlebury College.