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

    Magtkamp før Irans præsidentvalg

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2005, In: Dagbladet Information.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Narrating Ethnic Violence in Abadan: the 1946 Strike

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 13 Feb 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    National Unity, Ethnic Diversity and the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Når valg bliver til ingeniørkunst

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2008, In: Weekendavisen. p. 11 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  8. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Published

    One man shouting in a corner

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  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

    Over grænsen

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2007, In: Weekendavisen.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  14. 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

  15. Published

    Questions about the crisis in Iran - part 1-4

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Reactions to Ahmadinejad's Geneve performance

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Published

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

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Sanktionernes pris

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2006, In: Weekendavisen.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  22. Published

    Satans Penge

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2006, In: Weekendavisen.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. Published

    Smuggling Democracy

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2006, In: The Diplomat.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  26. Published

    Sne eller krig?

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2007, In: Weekendavisen. p. 8 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Feature articleCommunication

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Stramme - løsne op - stramme

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2004, In: Information,. p. 10 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  29. Published

    Student Day in Iran

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  30. Published

    Tadsjikistan er på kanten

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  31. Published

    Taking the Islam out of it

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2003, In: Naqd. 5, p. 24-50 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  32. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  36. 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

  37. Published

    The Looming Threat of Sectarian Violence on Iran's borders

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Published

    Too late for a reformist momentum?

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. Published

    US Presidential Elections and Iran-US Relations

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  45. Published

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

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

    Research output: Other contributionCommunication

  46. Published

    Uighurerne 1: Kinas Vilde Vest

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2005, In: Information,. p. 12-13 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  47. Published

    Uighurerne 2: 'Jeg er først kriminel den dag, jeg stopper med at kæmpe for mit folks rettigheder'

    Elling, Rasmus Christian, 2005, In: Information,. p. 12-13 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

ID: 32150340