Prof. Michaela Bürger-Koftis, professor of German Literature at the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Genoa and director of the Polyphonie Inter-University Research Center, received the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and the Arts (Litteris et Artibus). The award was presented to her at an official ceremony held on May 24, 2022 in the Salone di Rappresentanza of Palazzo Tursi, Genoa.