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. 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

  5. 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

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