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

    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

  2. Published

    Iranske kvinder kræver indflydelse

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, In: Dagbladet Information. p. 18 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature articleCommunication

  3. Published

    Slow-Mo oprør og komplekst identitetsprojekt: Irans unge

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2007, In: Samfundsfagsnyt. 166, p. 8-14

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  4. Published

    Er Iran ved at blive balkaniseret?

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2006, In: Politiken. p. 5

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  5. Published

    Skizofreni i en islamisk republik

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2004, In: Kristeligt Dagblad. p. 15 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature articleCommunication

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Sanktionernes pris

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2006, In: Weekendavisen.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  8. Published

    One man shouting in a corner

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, http://cuminet.blogs.ku.dk

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  9. Published

    آبـاداننامـه؛ گزیدهای از دائرهالمعارف آبادانیکا

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  10. 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

  11. Published

    When Iran's Abadan was Capital of the World

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 18 Feb 2015

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  12. Published

    Opgør i Teheran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2008, In: Weekendavisen. p. 9 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    En afgørende tid for Irans øverste leder

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  18. 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 reviewResearchpeer-review

  19. 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

  20. Published

    En reformbevægelse i tvivl

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2004, In: Dagbladet Information. p. 12 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  21. Published

    The Minority Issue: Nationalism and Ethnic Identity in Iran after Khomeini

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2010, Museum Tusculanum. 200 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  22. Published

    Satans Penge

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2006, In: Weekendavisen.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  23. 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 articleCommunication

  24. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Vil USA angribe Iran? Iran er en rationel aktør

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2007, In: Raeson. 1, 2, p. 54-56 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  26. Published

    US Presidential Elections and Iran-US Relations

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2008, http://cuminet.blogs.ku.dk

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  27. Published

    Iranian Realities

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, http://cuminet.blogs.ku.dk

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  28. Published

    Hvor bliver det iranske forår af?

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  29. Published

    Bring in the Dead: Martyr Burials and Election Politics in Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, In: Middle East Report.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. Published

    Valgkampen spidser til i Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, In: Dagbladet Information. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  33. 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

  34. Published

    Ahmadinejad presset før valg

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 6 Jun 2009, In: Dagbladet Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature articleCommunication

  35. 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 articleCommunication

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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 articleCommunication

  39. Published

    Narrating Ethnic Violence in Abadan: the 1946 Strike

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 13 Feb 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. Published

    Iranere går forvirrede til valg

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  43. Published

    Konstant undtagelsestilstand

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2007, In: Weekendavisen.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. Published

    Den etniske faktor i Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2005, In: Information,. p. 18 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  48. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  49. 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

  50. Published

    Irans verden

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

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