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Nicolás Vaughan

Associate Professor and Chair,
Department of Literature,
Universidad de los Andes,
Bogotá, Colombia

My primary research interests lie at the intersection of medieval philosophy, literature, and digital humanities, with a particular focus on texts written in Latin and Middle English. I am interested in the ways philosophical ideas are articulated, transmitted, and transformed through literary forms, as well as in the intellectual and historical contexts that shape the production and reception of medieval texts. My work on digital scholarly editions of classical and medieval works brings these interests together by combining traditional philological and textual scholarship with digital methods and tools. Through this interdisciplinary approach, I aim to explore how digital editions can deepen our understanding of historical texts, illuminate the relationships between philosophical and literary traditions, and make these works more accessible for research and study.

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py-words: a Latin-English-Latin and Latin-Spanish-Latin dictionary with morphology

Look up any inflected Latin word, or a whole line of Latin, and get its forms and dictionary entries with meanings in English or Spanish, or find the Latin for an English or Spanish word. Originally based on William Whitaker's WORDS application, it has been completely rewritten in Python, and runs entirely in your browser, with nothing to install. It includes entries from the Lewis & Short, the De Miguel, and the Echaves-Sustaeta dictionaries.

Recent publications

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  1. 2026
    “La escena como espejo: ética, empatía y cambio climático / The Stage as a Mirror: Ethics, Empathy, and Climate Change”. In Representar el cambio / Enacting Change: Diez obras que abordan el cambio climático / Ten Plays That Tackle the Climate Crisis, Bogotá, Ediciones Uniandes, pp. 261–270. doi:10.51573/andes.9789587989823.9789587989830
  2. 2026
    “Citación de recursos de inteligencia artificial generativa”. In Manual de citas y referencias bibliográficas, 5th ed., Bogotá, Ediciones Uniandes, pp. 181–201. doi:10.51573/andes.9789587989397.9789587989410
  3. 2026
    Nicolás Vaughan, Ella Suárez, Manuel Romero and Margarita Pérez. Manual de citas y referencias bibliográficas: APA, Chicago, TAG, IEEE, Latino, MLA, Vancouver, 5th ed., Bogotá, Ediciones Uniandes. doi:10.51573/andes.9789587989397.9789587989410
  4. 2026
    María José Afanador-Llach and Nicolás Vaughan (eds.). Ctrl + F: Texto, archivo e interpretación en entornos digitales, Bogotá, Ediciones Uniandes. doi:10.51573/andes.9786287903081.9786287903098.9786287903111
Decorated opening of a 14th-century manuscript page in Latin
Opening of Book VII of Aristotle's Metaphysics in William of Moerbeke's Latin translation, 14th-century manuscript. Wikimedia Commons.