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. 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 articlepeer-review

  5. 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/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  6. 2021
  7. 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

  8. Published

    Difference in Difference: Language, Geography, and Ethno-Racial Identity in Contemporary Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian & Harris, K., 12 Mar 2021, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 44, 12, p. 2255-2281 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Teheran 1999: Oprør i den islamiske republik

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2021, Oprør: Tværkultur nr. 11. Årbog for ToRS. Jacobsen, B. A. & Hirslund, D. (eds.). København: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet, Vol. 11. p. 116-125 10 p. (Tværkultur: Årbog for ToRS).

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

  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

  11. 2019
  12. Published

    Irans Moderne Historie

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 23 Apr 2019, Gyldendal. 350 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  13. Published

    Irans verden

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 21 Apr 2019, In: Ræson. 37

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  14. Published

    Urbanizing the Iranian Public: Text, Tehran and 1922

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2019, In: Middle Eastern Studies. 55, 3, p. 301-318 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    آبـاداننامـه؛ گزیدهای از دائرهالمعارف آبادانیکا

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2019, In: Underline Magazine.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  16. 2018
  17. Published

    Abadan

    Elling, Rasmus Christian & Ehsani, K., 9 Sep 2018, In: Middle East Report. 287

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Abadan A to Z: Excerpts from "Encyclopaedia Abadanica" (a fictitious work)

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Oct 2018, In: Underline Magazine. Autumn 2018

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  19. Published

    Irans moderne historie i tre bygninger

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 3 Oct 2018, Iran i historiens søgelys. Pedersen, C. V. & Hermansen, B. D. (eds.). Forlaget Orbis

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

  20. 2017
  21. 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

  22. Published

    Irans bibelske plager

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 14 Mar 2017, 8 p. Atlas Magasin.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  23. 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

  24. 2016
  25. 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 articlepeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Iran: Helt særlig - og ganske almindelig

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 22 May 2016

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  28. 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 articlepeer-review

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

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