CV - Peter Scharff Smith

Family name: Smith
First name: Peter Scharff 
Date of birth: 20 September 1971 
Nationality: Danish
Civil Status: Married
Education: MA in History and Social Sciences, Roskilde University (1991 - 1998). PhD in History, Copenhagen University (1999 - 2002). Human Rights Course, The Danish Institute for Human Rights (12-27 March 2004). Course on  Prevention of Torture, Oxford University/UNHCHR/APT (2006). Management course, Ankerhus (2008 - 2009).
Key Qualifications
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Main Research Interests
Prisons and human rights; Solitary confinement internationally and in Denmark; Children of emprisoned parents; Prison practises and prison history internationally and in Denmark; Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; The American treatment of presumed terrorists at Guantanamo, at facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan; Danes in the Waffen SS and nazi warfare.

Professional Experience
2010 -Senior Research Fellow, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2010 - Visiting Senior Research Fellow, The Royal Danish Defense College, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2007 - 2009Research Director, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 - 2007Senior Research Fellow, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2003 - 2004Visiting Fellow (awarded the Carlsberg Clare Hall Visiting Fellowship), Cambridge University, Clare Hall College, Cambridge, UK.    
2002 - 2003Affiliated Lecturer, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 
2002 - 2003Affiliated Lecturer, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 
1999 - 2002PhD scholar, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1998 - 1999Archivist, The National Archive, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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