Peninsulas

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).

• Foreword. Peninsular landforms: not just landscapes Editorial Introduction. The matter of peninsulas and how peninsulas matter 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 2. Iberia - Beyond the border, Reimagining identities in the Iberian Peninsula 3. Italy - ‘Clinging to the Alps’, The Italian peninsula as imaginary central European island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea 4. Korea - The Korean peninsula 5. Decca, India - The Deccan plateau, A peninsula within the Indian Subcontinent 6. Qatar/Arabia - Qatar, Geographic constraints and state behaviour on the Arabian Peninsula 7. Anatolia - Contested territory, Anatolia as myth, map, and mechanism of state power in Türkiye 8. Antarctica - The Great Peninsula of Antarctica, the Icy Continent PART II. The two sides of the isthmus 9. Europe - Securing the isthmus to the European peninsula 10. Ceuta, Spain - ‘Driven into the sea’, Peninsularity, multiculturalism, and anxiety in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in Northern Africa 11. Gibraltar - Islanding the peninsula 12. Pelješac, Croatia - On the island-peninsula dichotomy, The Croatian Pelješac peninsula 13. Crimea - Crimea, Cultural and geopolitical imaginaries PART III. The issue of the isthmus itself 14. Alaska, USA - Alaska, A complicated geography of peninsular exceptionalism 15. Prince Edward Island, Canada - “Prince Edward-used-to-be-an-Island”, (Re)Affirming an island consciousness 16. Corinth, Greece – The isthmus of Corinth, Gateway to the Peloponnesian peninsula 17. Valletta, Malta – Europe’s peninsular capital city