Rasmus Christian Elling

Rasmus Christian Elling

Associate Professor

Introductory remarks on publicationslist

Irans Moderne Historie (Gyldendal, 2019): The first book in Danish about Iranian history from the 19th to 21st Century based on Persian primary sources. 

Minorities in Iran: Ethnicity and Nationalism After Khomeini (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013): A pathbreaking historical and sociological study of the relationship between four ethnic minorities, Iranian nationalism and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Recent publications:


  1. 2015
  2. Published

    Tribal Hands and Ethnic Votes: Ethnicity, Regionalism and Elections in Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2015, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38, 14, p. 2534-2550 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Vores politiske system er i krise

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 22 Jul 2015, In: Politiken. p. 5 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Comment/debateCommunication

  4. Published

    When Iran's Abadan was Capital of the World

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 18 Feb 2015

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  5. Published

    Who should define Copenhagen?

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 20 Mar 2015

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  6. 2016
  7. Published

    Ethnic Minorities and the Politics of Identity in Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian & Saleh, A., 2016, In: Iranian Studies. 49, 1, p. 159-171 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Fear and Loathing in Tehran: Alienation and Urban Space in 1920s Tehran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 4 Aug 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Iran: Helt særlig - og ganske almindelig

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 22 May 2016

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  10. Published

    Talking Class in Tehroon

    Elling, Rasmus Christian & Rezakhani, K., 1 Mar 2016, In: Middle East Report. 45, Winter 2015, 277, p. 6-9 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Telefon til Teheran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Mar 2016, Kampen om Mellemøstens fremtid. Kjersgaard, C. B. (ed.). København: Ræsons Forlag, p. 90-101 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

  12. Published

    The Semantics of Violence and Space in Urban History

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 8 Mar 2016, Violence and the City in the Modern Middle East. Fuccaro, N. (ed.). Stanford: Stanford University Press, p. 23-36 14 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

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