Research Institutes

 Since 2007, the NHLRC has convened a summer Research Institute every year except during the quadrennial Heritage/Community Language Conference. We conducted and partner with affiliates to host research institutes that have focused on addressing the pressing need for empirical data on the grammar of heritage language learners and exploring the connections between these findings and heritage language teaching. Diverse groups of scholars across disciplines meet to share research findings and set new directions.

Please check our Events webpage for information on the latest research institute. 

Past Research Institutes

Fifteenth Institute (2024): Heritage Speakers as Real World Bilinguals

Fourteenth Institute (2023): Heritage languages and communities in the post-pandemic world

Thirteen Institute (2021): Language similarity and language distance in bilingual/heritage situations

Twelfth Institute (2020): Complexity in Heritage Grammars

Eleventh Institute (2019): Heritage Languages in Unexpected Places

Tenth Institute (2017): Heritage Language Education and Research: Crossing New Frontiers

Ninth Institute (2016): From bilingual children to adult heritage speakers

Eighth Institute (2015): New edges and broader domains

Seventh Institute (2013): Heritage Speakers and the Advantages of Bilingualism

Sixth Institute (2012): From Overhearers to High Proficiency Speakers: Advancing Heritage Learners' Skills

Fifth Institute (2011): (Re)Learning the Heritage Language: Integrating Linguistics and Pedagogy

Fourth Institute (2010): Heritage Speakers: Linguistics and Pedagogy

Third Institute (2009): Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field

Second Institute (2008): Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field

First Institute (2007): Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field