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

    On Lines and Fences: Labour, Community and Violence in an Oil City

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Apr 2015, Urban Violence in the Middle East: Changing Cityscapes in the Transition from Empire to Nation-State. Freitag, U., Fuccaro, N., Ghrawi, C. & Lafi, N. (eds.). New York: Berghahn Books, p. 197-221 25 p. (Space and place, Vol. 14).

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

  2. Published

    Persisk E-Samizdat: Internetmedier i den islamiske republik Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, Globale Medier i Verdens Brændpunkter: Religion, politik og kultur. Galal, E. & Thunø, M. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum

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

  3. Published

    Ray Ban in Abadan: Oil Urbanism and Cultural History in the Iranian Petroleumscape

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 16 May 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

  4. Published

    Reviewing and Redefining the Student Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2008, In: Humanization of Education. 1, p. 85-97 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  5. Published

    Roots of Resentment: Oil, Spatial Politics and Urban Violence in Abadan, 1942

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    State of mind, state of order: Reactions to ethnic unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 23 Dec 2008, In: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. 8, 3, p. 481-501

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Taking the Islam out of it

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2003, In: Naqd. 5, p. 24-50 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  8. 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

  9. Accepted/In press

    The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond

    Elling, Rasmus Christian (ed.) & Haugbølle, S. (ed.), 1 Sep 2023, (Accepted/In press) Oneworldbooks. (Radical Histories of the Middle East).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The Global, the Urban and the Revolution in 1970s Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 29 Mar 2021, Global Urban History Blog

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

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