The Heritage Languages ​​Around the World (HLAW) conference took place between May 18-20, 2022, at the University of Lisbon, one of the founding institutions of the Heritage Language 2 Consortium (HL2C). The meeting had to be postponed twice due to the pandemic but it was well worth the wait.

HLAW 2022 was a joyful and uniting event that brought together leading scientists and students from linguistics, psychology and education to share novel research in the domain of heritage language bilingualism.

Many congratulations to the organizers, Ana Lúcia Santos, Cristina Flores, Hugo Cardoso and Luiz Amaral, for a wonderful event. The conference remains a regular event of the HL2C, and we look forward to the next edition of HLAW, to take place at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in June 2024!

For more information about the Consortium, please visit our website, or email us: heritage-language@lancaster.ac.uk.