Peninsulas A Geography of Almost Islands

Foreword - Peninsular landforms: not just landscapes - Andrew Jennings
Editorial Introduction - The matter of peninsulas and how peninsulas matter - Godfrey Baldacchino and Ritienne Gauci
PART I. The internal division(s) of the peninsula
1. Hammarö, Sweden - Hybrid geographies of Lake Vänern: Cultural transformations and place identity on the Hammarö peninsula - Lotta Braunerhielm and Mats Nilsson
2. Iberia - Beyond the border: Reimagining identities in the Iberian Peninsula - Jaine Beswick
3. Italy - ‘Clinging to the Alps’: The Italian peninsula as imaginary central European island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea – Emilio Cocco and Emanuela Diodati
4. Korea - The Korean peninsula - Amy Donovan
5. Decca, India - The Deccan plateau: A peninsula within the Indian Subcontinent – Arup K. Chatterjee
6. Qatar/Arabia - Qatar: Geographic constraints and state behaviour on the Arabian Peninsula - Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
7. Anatolia - Contested territory: Anatolia as myth, map, and mechanism of state power in Turkey – Uğur Ümit Üngör
8. Antarctica - The Great Peninsula of Antarctica, the Icy Continent - Pablo Gabriel Fontana
PART II. The two sides of the isthmus
9. Europe - Securing the isthmus to the European peninsula – Deborah Paci
10. Ceuta, Spain - ‘Driven into the sea’: Peninsularity, multiculturalism, and anxiety in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in Northern Africa - Brian Campbell
11. Gibraltar - Islanding the peninsula - Jason Dittmer and Beatriz Moraes Vidal
12. Pelješac, Croatia - On the island-peninsula dichotomy: The Croatian Pelješac peninsula – Nenad Starc, Anica Čuka and Josip Faričić
13. Crimea - Crimea: Cultural and geopolitical imaginaries - Mikhail Suslov
PART III. The issue of the isthmus itself
14. Alaska, USA - Alaska :A complicated geography of peninsular exceptionalism - Heather Nicol
15. Prince Edward Island, Canada - “Prince Edward-used-to-be-an-Island”: (Re)Affirming an island consciousness - Laurie Brinklow, Aneilla Dennis and Stephen A. Royle
16. Corinth, Greece – The isthmus of Corinth: Gateway to the Peloponnesian peninsula - David K. Pettegrew
17. Valletta, Malta – Valletta, Malta: Europe’s peninsular capital city - John A. Schembri

Biography

Godfrey Baldacchino (PhD, Warwick, United Kingdom) is professor of sociology at the University of Malta, Malta. He served as Canada Research Chair and UNESCO co-chair (island studies) at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was President of the International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA) (2014-22). He served as Malta’s Ambassador-at-Large for Islands and Small States (2021-24). He is the founding editor of Island Studies Journal and Small States & Territories, two diamond open access journals. Author or editor of some 50 books and monographs, including The Routledge International Handbook of Island Studies (2018).  He is well regarded internationally as a specialist in island and small state studies.

Ritienne Gauci (PhD, Portsmouth, United Kingdom) is associate professor in geography at the University of Malta, Malta. She is Malta’s national representative for the International Association of Geomorphology (IAG). Her research focuses on physical geography, particularly coastal geology and geomorphology, erosion processes, geoheritage and hazards. She is Deputy Director of UM’s Doctoral School, an executive board member of the Malta Map Society, member of the MATSEC Geography Board of Examiners and was a founding committee member of UM’s Maritime Platform. Her research involves collaborations with various international institutions on a number of European-funded projects. She has authored more than 70 publications, including the edited volume Landscapes and landforms of the Maltese Islands (2019).