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

  32. 2015
  33. Published

    Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 16 Feb 2015

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  34. Published

    Abadan: Unfulfilled Promises of Oil Modernity and Revolution in Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 26 Feb 2015

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  35. Published

    Iranian Religious Intellectuals and the “Islamist Left”

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature review

  36. 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

  37. 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 articlepeer-review

  38. 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/debate

  39. Published

    When Iran's Abadan was Capital of the World

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 18 Feb 2015

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  40. Published

    Who should define Copenhagen?

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 20 Mar 2015

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  41. 2014
  42. Published

    Charles Tripp: "The Power and the People: Paths of Resistance in the Middle East"

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Dec 2014, In: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. 7, 3

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewpeer-review

  43. Published

    Nostalgia and the Oil City

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Jun 2014, In: The Middle East in London. 10, 4, p. 13-14 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  44. 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 articlepeer-review

  45. 2013
  46. Published

    En afgørende tid for Irans øverste leder

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Jun 2013, In: Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

  47. Published

    Minorities in Iran: Nationalism and Ethnicity after Khomeini

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

    Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

  48. Published

    Narrating Ethnic Violence in Abadan: the 1946 Strike

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 13 Feb 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Rohanis valgsejr varsler nye tider i Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 17 Jun 2013, In: Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

  50. Published

    The World's Biggest Refinery and the Second World War: Khuzestan, Oil and Security

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Jul 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  51. 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

  52. Published

    Unity Within Diversity, Pluralism Without Tolerance: Security and Ethnic Minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2 Mar 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  53. 2012
  54. Published

    Hverken krig eller sanktioner kan stoppe Irans atomprogram

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 4 Feb 2012, In: Dagbladet Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature article

  55. Published

    Hvor bliver det iranske forår af?

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 27 Feb 2012, In: Dagbladet Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

  56. Published

    Iranere går forvirrede til valg

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 1 Mar 2012, In: Dagbladet Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper article

  57. 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

  58. Published

    National Unity, Ethnic Diversity and the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  59. 2011
  60. Published

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

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  61. 2010
  62. Published

    At lede efter solen i Tabriz

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2010, In: Carsten Niebuhr Biblioteket. 20, p. 15-22 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

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