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. 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

  2. Accepted/In press

    Fragile Solidarity: The Iranian Left and the Kurdish National Question in the 1979 Revolution

    Elling, Rasmus Christian & Mahmoudi, J., 1 Sep 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond. Oneworldbooks, (Radical Histories of the Middle East).

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

  3. Accepted/In press

    Introduction: The Transformation of Third Worldism in the Middle East

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Sep 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond. Oneworldbooks, (Radical Histories of the Middle East).

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

  4. Published

    Iranian Religious Intellectuals and the “Islamist Left”

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 3 Feb 2015, In: Dissertation Reviews. 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  5. Published

    Matters of Authenticity: Nationalism, Islam and Ethnic Diversity in Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2012, Iran: From Theocracy to the Green Movement. Nabavi, N. (ed.). Basingstoke ; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 79-99 20 p.

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

  6. Published

    Minorities in Iran: Nationalism and Ethnicity after Khomeini

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 28 Jan 2013, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 276 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Narrating Ethnic Violence in Abadan: the 1946 Strike

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 13 Feb 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    National Unity, Ethnic Diversity and the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Oil, Labour and Empire: Abadan in WWII Occupied Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian & Abdul Razak, R., 2023, In: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 50, 1, p. 142-159

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Oliebyen midt i en jazztid: Nostalgi og modernitet i Abadan

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Nov 2014, In: Tidsskriftet Kulturstudier. 2, p. 24-47 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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