School of Social and Political Science

EdCMA presents: The Writer's Block

Workshop
19 June - 03 July 2026
10:00 - 17:00
Various locations

This June, the Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology is launching ‘The Writer’s Block’, a series of dedicated writing days, and the beginning of a year-long programme of writing and thinking together & over time. 

 

The title plays with both the problem and the promise of academic writing. The block is the obstacle we meet when words will not come, but it is also a block of protected time, and a name for the small & cumulative work through which scattered blocks of writing become a draft. 

Our June 2026 writing days will offer structured time to write together. These will be Pomodoro-style sessions, with brief check-ins at the beginning and end of each writing session, and good long stretches of protected writing time in between. All are welcome. 

 

June writing blocks: 

All sessions run 10am - 5pm (drop in as you can!)

Open to Medical and Social Anthropology Staff and PhD Students only!

Coffee, tea & snacks provided  

  • Friday 19 June – Teaching Room 3.52, EFI 
  • Friday 26 June -  Teaching Room 1.60, EFI  
  • Monday 29 June – G13 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Teviot Medical School 
  • Tuesday 30 June – G13 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Teviot Medical School
  • Wednesday 01 July - G13 Seminar Room, Doorway 4, Teviot Medical School
  • Thursday 02 July – Teaching Room 1.60, EFI
  • Friday 03 July - Teaching Room 1.60, EFI