The Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS) first began in 2018, the main aim of the symposium is to encourage early career researchers and current graduate students in maritime archaeology and related fields to share their research, exchange ideas, and meet like-minded scholars in their field. MAGS is supported by the Honor Frost Foundation as well as the Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton and the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. 

The first Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS) was held in the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies (Oxford) from the 3rd to the 4th February 2018. More details can be found here

The second Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS) was held in the University of Southampton from the 29th to the 31st March 2019. More details can be found here

The third Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS) was held from the 22nd to the 23rd February at the University of Oxford, details can be found here.

The fourth Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium (MAGS) was held at Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France, between the 25th-26th of November 2021 in a hybrid format. More details can be found here.

Each year the Foundation also offers a number of bursaries to students and researchers from the eastern Mediterranean to present their work. Details about these and reports from the bursary recipients can be found below.

Some papers from MAGS have also been published through the HFF Short Report Series