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An international conference, 'Contesting Shi'ism: Isna 'Ashari and Isma'ili Shi'ism in Modern South Asia', hosted by the History Department, Royal Holloway, was held in London on 9-10 September 2011.You can listen to all the conference papers on this website.Here below is the conference programme:Friday, 9th September14:30 – 15:00 Francis Robinson, Reflections on the Shia in South Asia and the wider Muslim world15:00 – 16:30 Session IMichel Boivin, The Isna ‘Ashari-Isma‘ili divide among the Khojas around 1910: exploring forgotten judicial sources from KarachiIan Williams, Shared and disputed symbols within Twelver Shi‘ite and Ahl-i-Sunnat traditions of Islam: an examination of theological constructions and devotional practices among leaders and adherents from nineteenth century South Asia to the contemporary U.KTahir Kamran, Sufi shrines, electoral politics and sectarian violence in Punjab: a case study of the dargah of Siyal Sharif17:30 – 19:00 Session IILudovic Gandelot, Isma‘ili Aga Khani religious and social identities, as seen through Sultan Muhammad Shah’s firmans at the beginning of the twentieth centurySoumen Mukherjee, Of ‘religious and social welfare’ and ‘progress of the community’: religious inspiration, leadership and idioms of welfarism among Shi‘a Imami Isma‘ilis in twentieth century South Asia and East AfricaBashir Damji, The Khoja Isna ‘Ashari communities of East Africa: from newcomers to flag-bearersSaturday, 10th September9:00 – 10:30 Session IIISajjad Rizvi, Establishing the principles of the faith for a new Shi‘ite polity: the theology of Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali NasirabadiJustin Jones, Khandan-i-Ijtihad: authority and transition in a family of Shi‘a ‘ulama in Lucknow, c.1850-1950Ali Khan, Local nodes of a trans-national network: a case study of a Shi‘a family in Awadh, 1900-195011:00 – 12:30 Session IVSimon Wolfgang Fuchs, Third-wave Shi‘ism: Sayyid Arif Husayn al-Husayni and the Islamic revolution in PakistanHasan Ali Khan, The role of the Auqaf Department in redefining Sufi and Shi‘a built heritage in PakistanSaleem Khan, The Shi‘a dominance of the legal profession in British India: a study of the lawyer politicians of Bihar