Daen Palma Huse

Daen Palma Huse is an art historian and curator specializing in the long nineteenth century, histories of print and photography, material culture, and the transnational production and circulation of images. He completed his PhD in History of Art at University College London, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and supported by the Thoma Foundation and the Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center. His doctoral thesis "Transient Visuals: Hand-Held Ephemera in Late Nineteenth-Century Peru," examined the production, circulation, materiality, and use of commercial print and photographic ephemera in Peru. Daen’s research considers how everyday visual materials participated in the construction of social and national identities and how Republican visual culture engaged with the visual, social, and material legacies of the colonial period. His current work expands this research through the study of transnational print networks connecting Latin America, Europe, and the United States. As a curator, he has collaborated with institutions including the National Portrait Gallery London, the Wallace Collection, and Leighton House on special projects such as events, temporary displays, and audiovisual content. Daen is also Editor of The Protagonist Magazine and manages the early music group Winchester Baroque.