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. 2009
  2. Published

    Too late for a reformist momentum?

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  3. Published

    US: PJAK are terrorists - Obama's Iran Overture?

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  4. Published

    Valg i Iran I: En sejr for den islamiske republik

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, In: Dagbladet Information. p. 8/9

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  5. Published

    Valg i Iran II: Musavi kan ændre tonen, men ikke linjen

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2009, In: Dagbladet Information. p. 8/9

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  6. Published

    Valgkampen spidser til i Iran

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  7. Published

    Who is a reformist and what is principle-ism?

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  8. Published

    Ahmadinejad presset før valg

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature articleCommunication

  9. 2010
  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Published

    Tadsjikistan er på kanten

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 23 Oct 2010, In: Dagbladet Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  13. 2011
  14. Published

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

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  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. Published

    National Unity, Ethnic Diversity and the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Published

    Iranere går forvirrede til valg

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  21. 2013
  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Published

    Narrating Ethnic Violence in Abadan: the 1946 Strike

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 13 Feb 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Rohanis valgsejr varsler nye tider i Iran

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  28. 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

  29. 2014
  30. 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 articleCommunication

  31. 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

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