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. 2023
  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. 2021
  5. Published

    "In a Forest of Humans": The Urban Cartographies of Theory and Action in 1970s Iranian Revolutionary Socialism

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2021, Global 1979: Geographies and Histories of the Iranian Revolution. Keshavarzian, A. & Mirsepassi, A. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 141-177 37 p.

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

  6. 2017
  7. Published

    Etnicitet og nationalisme

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 3 Jan 2017, Kultursociologi og kulturanalyse. Tanggaard Andersen, P. & Hviid Jacobsen, M. (eds.). København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, 18 p.

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

  8. 2016
  9. 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

  10. Published

    War of Clubs: Struggle for Space in Abadan and the 1946 Oil Strike

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 8 Mar 2016, Violence and the City in the Modern Middle East. Fuccaro, N. (ed.). Stanford University Press, p. 189-210 22 p.

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

  11. 2015
  12. 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

  13. 2013
  14. Published

    Tærskelmagt

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2013, Mellemøstens Nye Verden: Syrien, Egypten, Iran, Israel, Palæstina, Tyrkiet, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mali, regionens fremtid. Kjersgaard, C. B. & Andersen, L. E. (eds.). København: Ræson

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

  15. 2012
  16. 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

  17. 2009
  18. 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

  19. 2006
  20. Published

    ZIRZAMIN: Hip Hop i den Islamiske Republik

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2006, Mellemøstens ansigter: modernitet og identitet i det moderne Mellemøsten. Simonsen, J. B. (ed.). Birkerød: historie-nu.dk, p. 82-115

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

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