This article addresses the issue of temporality within Island Studies and examines the potential for integrating a temporal dimension into the predominantly spatial framework, which currently shapes much of island scholarship. The first section engages with key theories and authors in time studies, exploring opportunities for Island Studies arising from the temporal turn. The second section draws on interdisciplinary research that problematises temporalities in island-based investigations. The final section critically examines the problem of temporality in Island Studies through the concept of rogue viewpoints. Through this lens, temporality is reconceptualised as marginal, disruptive, and nonlinear, thereby enhancing the understanding of islands on their own terms and expanding their epistemic potential. The article contends that supplementing the field’s spatial orientation with temporal perspectives offers significant epistemological and practical implications for future research in Island Studies.

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